We are so excited to share that Big City Vehicles – Cars and Trucks for Kids has been selected for
Howtohomeschool.net Top 25 Educational Apps for 2018!
Howtohomeschool.net provides quality resources for homeschooling families, including lessons, curriculum ideas and much more. We are honored to have our app chosen and featured alongside 24 award winning apps.
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We are excited to release four new sticker pack apps for iMessage! They are available for iOS 10 and up users. These cute and colorful images will personalize, spark up and add creativity to your chats. Here they are:
Jazzy Animal Musicians – World Music Stickers
Jazzy Musical Instruments – World Music Stickers
Jazzy World Animals – Wildlife Zoo Stickers
Jazzy World Food – Tasty Dishes Sticker Pack
We have more sticker pack apps coming your way, so stay tuned! Meanwhile, we’d love to hear your thoughts about these, or any other of apps.
The Melody Book Team
We are excited to kickoff 2017 with a new version release for
Jazzy World Tour – Musical Journey for Kids
and
Jazzy World Your FREE – Musical Journey for Kids
“Join our two kittens on a magical journey as they travel the world in a hot air balloon. Visit Brazil, Japan, Spain, India, Australia, Ireland, Russia and more, as we explore each country’s unique music and culture.”
The new version is packed with new features. A few highlights are:
– HD video capturing for the create page.
– A new quiz section for each country. Test your knowledge and share the results with your teacher or parent.
– New info and images for the learn page.
We are big believers of culture and music studies as a learning tool to teach kids about diversity and love for our planet. Jazzy World Tour was created with this vision in mind. As always, we look forward to hearing your thoughts about our apps. Enjoy!
We’re excited to announce that The Melody Book designs are now available for print on Redbubble!
You can find your favorite animal characters, city vehicles and music instruments on our Redbubble online store and have them printed on T-shirts, cases, bags, notebooks, blanket covers, stickers and many more.
If you are not familiar with Redbubble.com, we recommend visiting their website and browsing through thousands of great artwork and designs. The search, checkout and delivery process is simple and you could have one of our fun jazzy designs on its way to you in a matter of minutes.
To make things even sweeter, we’d like to offer a FREE promo code to any one of our apps for every purchase of The Melody Book clothing items on Redbubble. Just email us or message via Facebook/Instagram/Twitter as soon as you checkout.
We hope you visit our new Redbubble page. If you do, please send us your feedback, and let us know if there are any designs you would like us to add.
Wishing you a happy Autumn season,
The Melody Book Team
This lesson can be an activity that is fun and suitable for a wide array of ages, from middle schoolers to adults.
Intro:
Ask students, can they share their favorite song? In short, can they tell the class what that song is written about?
Studies in recent years have shown that more than half of the pop songs on the billboard charts are about love. Yeah, that’s right, Love is the most popular theme in songwriting!
Tell the students that in celebration of Valentines Day, you’ll be doing a fun musical activity. You will need laptops/tablets and a wifi connection for this lesson. The lesson is divided into two parts (each should take 45 minutes to 1 hour):
a. Of the love songs you chose to list, which is your favorite? Why?
b. What are some differences you noticed between the songs in terms of sound or musical style/genre? Explain.
c. Do you think your chosen songs from different decades would be top selling today? Explain.
2. Once everyone is done with their research questions, go over and listen to some songs with the class and discuss the answers to some of the questions. Next, tell the class that it is time for them to write their own original love song!
A Jazzy Day app can be used in many ways as part of your early elementary music curriculum. Whether it’s in the classroom or at home, individually or in small groups, review questions are very useful in reaffirming the material presented in the app. Here are ten questions you can use with your students:
1. Which instruments make up the rhythm section? (Bass, drums, piano and guitar)
2. Name three different saxophone sizes. (Alto, Tenor, Baritone and soprano)
3. Which instrument has keys like a piano, but we play it with sticks called mallets? (Vibraphone)
4. Which brass instrument sounds lower and more mellow than a trumpet? (Trombone)
5. What is the role of the conductor? (Tells the musicians when to start and stop playing. Controls dynamics and tempo of the music)
6. Which instrument has a low plucking sound? (Bass)
7. Name the instruments in the Big Band horn section. (Trumpets, trombones, saxophones)
8. Which woodwind instruments are the saxophone players sometimes asked to play? (Flute and Clarinet)
9. Do the Big Band musicians always play at the same time? Explain. (Playing jazz music is like having a conversation. Sometimes you play and sometimes you listen)
10. Name the instruments that our kitten family plays. (Girl kitten – flute, boy kitten – saxophone, dad – bass)
We’d love to hear your experiences with this lesson plan, enjoy!
Target age – 6-10 (1st to 4th grade)
Lesson time : 45 minutes, can also be split into two 45 minute lessons.
Materials – An iPad for each pair in class, with the Jazzy World Tour app installed.
Objective :
The students will be introduced to countries around the world through technology music, food, animals and culture.
Students will learn about the cultural highlights of their assigned country and be able to present these in a creative way.
Teachers should take time familiarize themselves with the Jazzy World Tour app in order to better facilitate the lesson.
Lesson plan:
1. Give your students have 5-10 minutes to familiarize themselves with the Jazzy World Tour app. Make sure to explain that each country in the app is divided into three main areas: Learn, Play and Create.
2. Divide the class into teams of 2-3 students. Assign a different country for each group.
3. Each group shares their video commercial. If possible, connect the iPad to a large screen or projector with speakers for the students to see.
Target age – 8-10 (2nd to 4th grade)
Lesson time – 45 minutes, can also be split into two 45 minute lessons.
Materials – An iPad for each pair in class, with Jazzy World Tour iOS app installed.
Objective :
The students will be introduced to countries around the world through technology music, food, animals and culture.
They will be able to locate each of the 10 countries on the map page of the Jazzy World Tour app.
Students will know 3-5 different facts about each of the countries in the app. They will also be able to recognize music instruments from each country by sound.
Teachers should familiarize themselves with the Jazzy World Tour app in order to better facilitate the lesson.
Lesson plan:
1. Give your students have 5-10 minutes to familiarize themselves with the Jazzy World Tour app. Make sure to explain that each country in the app is divided into three main areas: Learn, Play and Create.
2. Ask the students a few questions to determine that they are familiar with the functions of the app.
“How many countries are In the area page?”
“What does the learn feature offer?”
“What does the play feature offer?”
3. Ask the kids to split into pairs or groups of three and assign a country to each group.
Target age – 6-8 (1st and 2nd grade)
Lesson time – 45 minutes, can also be split into two 45 minute lessons.
Materials – An iPad for each pair in class, with Jazzy World Tour iOS app installed.
Objective :
The students will be introduced to countries around the world through technology music, food, animals and culture.
Students will be able to locate each of the 10 countries on the map page of the Jazzy World Tour app in addition to recognizing each country’s flag.
Students will be able to recognize music instruments from different countries by sound.
Lesson plan:
*Teachers should take time to familiarize themselves with the Jazzy World Tour app in order to better facilitate the lesson.
1. Ask the kids to list names of different countries that they know.
2. Ask the kids if they have ever traveled anywhere outside of their country. If time allows, share some travel experiences.
3. Tell the kids that together with the jazzy cats, they will be exploring and learning about different countries around the world.
4. Ask everyone to go to the world map area page. We’re going to play a game in order to summarize what we’ve learned.
In preparation for an exciting and new school year, we’ve decided to post a few lesson plans
based on our Jazzy apps. We hope that these lessons will further help to engage your students in learning about music, geography, social studies, culture and more. Please let us know about your thoughts and experiences with these lessons. Enjoy!
