Twenty-one activities that integrate music and the language arts in order to capitalize on children's interests are described in this paper. Topics of the activities are as follows: alphabetical order, pantomime, vocabulary building from words of a favorite song, words that are "the most (whatever)" from songs, mood words, a configuration clue mystery, nonsense word songs, reacting to music, rhyming, pronunciation, handwriting, spelling, poetry-choral speaking, composition (writing lyrics), writing letters to persons involved in music, crossword puzzle, song pluggers, researching the lives of composers or music artists, exchanging cassette tapes with another school, selecting theme songs for each student, and self-esteem. (MKM)