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This fun, musical Jazzles 'Sing-To-Learn' CD is much more than just another series of alphabet songs. Used by thousands of English Language Arts teachers around the world, it includes two books to legally photocopy royalty free for your preschool and kindergarten students. In turn these books enable you to create endless creative learning and cross-curriculum activities, twenty-five ideas for which are detailed below.

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Jazzles is not babyish. It is perfect for mainstream classes and also for Special Learning and ESL. If you have a culturally mixed or composite class, you will find Jazzles makes your work much easier. Students of all ages - not just preschool or kindergarten - just love the songs and the music - so you will find Jazzles achieves immediate and active lesson engagement.

Examples include teaching the basics of English grammar and pronunciation to teenagers and adults at Cologne University - as well as schools in the USA, France, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, Vietnam, China and Japan, etc.; The Jazzles lyrics enjoyably help with word familiarity, grammar and, when sung, pronunciation and the meter of the English Language.

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Use Jazzles Fun Early Reading and ESL Resources To Support Your Pre-School and Kindergarten English Language Arts Curriculum. 
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This unique CD-CDROM includes these entertaining educational resources:-

  1. Catchy Tunes - 48 minutes of fun phonics A- Z alphabet songs, featuring over 400 contemporary language words in lyrics full of alliteration and rhyme - plus a song to teach the order of the alphabet. Play on your regular CD player or from the hard-drive of your PC.
  2. Printable eBook of song lyrics for each alphabet focus letter song. Put the same CD in CDROM drive of your computer and access the printable Adobe PDF files of 30 specially formatted song lyric sheets. Use these lyric sheets to help your children 'read along' the 'learnt' words of the songs. In US English and UK English (with bold initial focus letters). Focus letters means aA as in ant or America etc.
  3. As above - printable eBook of 'phonics' picture-talk coloring pages, that illustrate the story behind each A-Z song lyric. These pages help children comprehend individual words as well as the meaning of the lyrics.
  4. Each of the eBooks above come with detailed learning tips and outcomes.
  5. All you have to do is select the letter of the alphabet you are learning (see recommended order of teaching ) and then from the Jazzles CD-CDROM , print out and photocopy for your students the relevant song lyrics and its 'phonics' picture-talk coloring page.
  6. Alternatively, play the songs and view the lyrics simultaneously from your computer's CD ROM drive.
  7. Ideal for mainstream but also for ESL and Special Education to develop pronunciation and language structure.

Actual photo of song lyrics viewed on a PC Monitor accessed from the PDF files on the Jazzles CD in the CDROM Drive.
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On a computer, you can use Adobe Acrobat Reader to display the songs lyric and play it at the same time. The music will play while the lyrics are visible on screen and you can follow the words using the hand pointer of Acrobat Reader.

25 Ideas for Creative Learning And Cross-Curriculum Activities!

You can use the following as a template structure for each of the Jazzles Alphabet Clever Songs. Allow up to a week for each alphabet letter - I usually do 2 a week - but the main idea is to make sure everyone is up to speed!

American Library Association Booklist Magazine says:-

"… the 30 entertaining songs on this recording ... rarely settle for common alphabetical cliches. Musically, the selections are outstanding with skilful performances by the Jazzles, as the young singers are known. The original tunes are creatively "jazzy …"

Why Jazzles works – Quotes from Teachers!

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General

"The theme sound-letter of each song is repeated so often and in such distinct and strong way that it really helps in the process children go through when they realize and distinguish single sounds in words."

Another Quote

"You have an excellent product

The CD design; the ease of use by teachers, parents and children; the choice of vocabulary; the phrase structures, the phonemic awareness which is built in: the many opportunities to enlarge on the vocabulary through the additional optional activities.

I literally have my Jazzles CD with me every day. My students especially love the "cC" (Clever Kid) - song because there are many things which they can't do yet but it also talks about the things they can do."

Music

"...every song has easy rhythm to move to. It's amazing that every song is a different musical style. We can use instruments to add to the rhythm and create dances. Everyone has more than one favorite song that they can end up humming or singing while they work."

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Words of Songs

"...easy to memorize as the words have strong visual interest and engage and inspire imagination. The words link to areas in Science and Social Studies as well as the obvious Arts and Crafts. Some of my more talented children are able to use characters from the songs in their own writing. They do variations on the text and try to write their own verses for the songs..."

Learning in General

"I find Jazzles an extremely successful and a valuable tool in capturing the young child’s initial interest and facilitating learning through hearing and/or seeing the connection between print and language. Having the words easily available from the same disk as printed lyrics helps reinforce the connection between aural and written language."

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Iny - One of our seven talented Jazzles Singers

Alphabet Songs Track Listings
1. Jazzles Theme
2. Alphapazzazz (Order of Alphabet)
3. 'A' Song - Angry Alligator
4. 'B' Song - Blue Bus Blues
5. 'C' Song - Clever Kid
6. 'D' Song - Don't Dig Dog
7. 'E' Song - Extraordinary Egg
8. 'F' Song - Fat Fish
9. 'G' Song - Gobbling Goats
10. 'H' Song - Helping Hand
11. 'I' Song - Interesting Insect
12. 'J' Song - Jiggle
13. 'K' Song - Kind Kid
14. 'L' Song - Lots of Love
15. 'M' Song - My Melon 16. 'N' Song - No, No
17. 'O' Song - Orange Octopus
18. 'P' Song - Party, Party
19. 'Q' Song - Quack
20. 'R' Song - Rowing
21. 'S' Song - Sneaky Snake
22. 'T' Song - Terrifying Tigers
23. 'U' Song - Up, Up
24. 'V' Song - Volatile Volcanos
25. 'W' Song - Why
26. 'X' Song - Exit Like Mr. Rex
27. 'Y' Song - Yes, Yes, Yes
28. 'Z' Song - Zooming Zebra
29. Alphapazzazz (Long)
30. Jazzles Theme (Short)

Want sources for alphabet letter ideas? Here are some great links:

  1. General
  2. Foods
  3. For recipes
  4. For Dinosaurs
  5. Nature Photo Index
  6. Ocean Animals
  7. Rare Birds
  8. Lots of topics
  9. Exploring Science
  10. Animals
  11. Nature Gallery
  12. Different Dolphins
  13. Protected Marine Species
  14. Botany
  15. Discoverers

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  1. Select a sound-letter to learn - see my suggested order of teaching. Print out the song lyric sheet and its 'phonics' coloring page and photocopy for each child. Now on your CD Player or PC CDROM drive, play the selected song from the Jazzles Alphabet Clever Songs CD.
  2. Sing along with your children. Get them to learn the words! With so much rhyme it is easy! And certainly there is no rote!
  3. Point out the focus letter (e.g. aA.) everywhere it appears on the focus letter lyric page. Let children highlight this letter on their lyric sheets with a felt pen.
  4. Discuss the meaning of the song lyrics.
  5. Talk about the meanings of all the words starting with the focus letter (e.g. aA, bB, cC,) within the context of the lyrics.
  6. Encourage children to think of words beginning with the targeted 'sound' and identify the 'letter' in the environment - e.g. signs, magazines, etc.
  7. Play 'I Spy' with the focus letter.
  8. Practice writing the 'letter' or make its shape from 'Play Dough' - there is a lower and upper case outline font for each of the focus letters on their coloring page.
  9. Collage or paint a large capital or lower case letter. For extra fun and letter reinforcement, try using collage materials starting only with the same focus letter - e.g. for the letter 'sS' = sand, salt, seeds etc . (More ideas are available in the printed Jazzles 'Alphabet Collage' Book.
  10. Hang these collage letters with streamers and attach words that start with the same focus letter - see my example word bank for the letter 'eE'.
  11. Use the coloring sheet to identify objects in the picture starting with the focus sound.
  12. Ask your children to create their own picture of the song.
  13. Use the content of the songs to promote discussion regarding anything from science to geography -
  14. 'aA' song = bullying...
    'bB' song = looking after belongings...
    'cC' song = clever kids always try...<
    'dD' song = why do dogs dig...
    'vV' song = volcanos and natural disasters...
  15. Identify different musical instruments used in the tracks.
  16. Perform songs with children playing percussion instruments or groups of children singing the 'echo' backing parts.
  17. Develop actions, movements and appropriate dances. Ask the children to create the routines for the song.
  18. Create dramatic performances for the songs. Dress up, wear masks, and use props! Perfect for assemblies and parent nights!
  19. Make a dance or movements to go with the songs - e.g. waving arms to simulate the Orange Octopus tentacles in the 'oO' song.
  20. Discuss type of music and listen to other music in the same musical style - Jazzles musical styles include Dance, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, Gospel, Disco, Swing, Ballad, Funk, Latin and Showtime!
  21. Make a sound/letter book for the letter - paste, draw or paint pictures with related words.
  22. Read books related to each 'letter' song - for example a book about elephants for the letter 'eE'.
  23. Make a book out of each song - lots of opportunities - see descriptions of the songs.
  24. Make 3D models of items or animals in the songs - e.g. 'vV' = make a volcano with Play Dough or Paper Mache; 'aA' = make an ant with wire and corks, etc.
  25. Watch related videos about subjects or animals in songs.
  26. Use worksheet ideas from the printed Jazzles 'Alphabet Activities' Book
Specific Example Ideas for the Letter 'bB'

Let's target one song - the 'Blue Bus Blues' song - and put the cross-curriculum ideas into context.

Click to hear the 'Blue Bus Blues' song. Each of the Jazzles songs is a meaningful story that makes sense! The 'bB' song is about looking after belongings. Hopefully this Rhythm and Blues backed song, with its catchy rhyming alliterative lyrics will help them remember! Click the lyrics page to see the lyrics - Quarto Size when printed from the CD.

Jazzles Children Songs - Blue Bus Blues B Song -Blue Bus Blues

Here are some specific 'bB' extension activities when using the song and the related files above:-

Talk about:-

  1. Caring for your belongings.
  2. What to do if you lose something.
  3. What it means to feel 'blue'.
  4. Manners on a bus.
  5. Bus safety.
  6. What do you do if you miss a bus.

Listening:-

  1. 'Bear' stories
  2. Other blues music.
  3. Videos about different kinds of bears.

Writing and Reading:-

  1. List\write 'b' words in the 'b' song picture.
  2. Create a picture chart with lots of different 'empty' balloon shapes. Now fill each balloon in with a 'b' word and its picture.
  3. Group 'b' words under the colors 'blue', 'brown' and 'black'.
  4. Create your own 'bear' sentence or story, then read it and illustrate it.
  5. Download 'b' lyrics from the CD - highlight all the initial 'b' words with a highlighter.
  6. 'Read' the learnt 'b' song lyrics - pointing to each word starting with 'bB' as it's sung.
  7. Make a 'blue', 'black' or 'brown' book, write in related words and paste related pictures.
  8. Find and cut-out upper and lower case 'b' letters from printed media and paste on a 'b' chart.
  9. Cut/paste - make picture-to-word matches for the letter 'b' or use those from the 'b' page of your Jazzles 'Alphabet Activities' Book. (Printed book - not on CD.)
  10. Use the Jazzles 'Alphabet Collage' Book and print off the reproducible letter 'b' and follow its directions. (Printed book - not on CD.)

Creative and Visual Arts:-

Drama:

  1. Create a 'bus' using chairs - then dramatize going on a bus trip, etc or 'story' in 'b'song.
  2. Create a dance to the 'b' song.
  3. Add movement - i.e. sway, etc.

Music:

  1. Musical appreciation of the 'blues' music.
  2. Add percussion instrument - drums, triangles, tambourines, castanets.
  3. Add body percussion - clapping, clicks, etc.
  4. Add actions to song. Use hand/arm calling back action for 'bring back' in lyrics, etc.
  5. Take turns singing the 'echo' parts in the song.

  Art/Craft

  1. Use recycled boxes to make a bus - then paint it blue.
  2. Collage a 'bear' picture using 'brown' material like brown wool a variety of brown paper from magazines.
  3. Paint a large blue bus and draw 'b' pictures in each window.
  4. Draw/paint your own bear.
  5. Create an outfit for your bear.
  6. Use modeling material to make a 'bear' , a 'bus', or a 'basket of bananas'.
  7. Use play dough to model the letter 'b'.

Extension Activities

  1. Watch information videos of different types of bears.
  2. Have a 'bear' picnic - eat 'b' foods - such as bagels, beef, bacon, broccoli, bananas, berries - from baskets. Bring your own 'bear', balls, balloons and bubbles.
  3. Cook or make recipes using bananas and other 'b' foods - such as bread, bacon, barbecue sauce and berries.
  4. Blow paint on paper using a straw.
  5. Play balloon or ball games.
  6. Talk about opposites in the song lyrics - back/front; big/small; old/new
  7. Play 'I Spy" games for the letter B - including colors blue, black, brown.
  8. Have a 'dressed bear' competition.
  9. Build a bus with construction toys.
  10. Take a bus ride or a trip.

Lots of things begin with 'bB' that you should know about:-

  1. Countries - Brazil, Bulgaria, Belize, Belgium, Belarus, Bangladesh, Bahamas
  2. Music - Bongo, brass, banjo, bassoon, blues,
  3. Animals - Bear, badger, beaver
  4. People - Brother, builder, bus driver, boss,
  5. Habits - Brush teeth, barbecue,
  6. Verbs - Bounce, blow, bring, buy,
  7. Nouns - Bubbles, balls, baskets, bus, balloons, boots, boat
  8. Sports - Baseball, basketball, boating, batting
  9. Colors - Blue, black, brown
  10. Visit - Beach, ballet, book shop,
  11. Food - Bananas, bagel, bacon, beef, bread, berries

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