Osmo Coding Jam vs Meltdown

Explore the creative side of coding with hands-on music-making! In Osmo’s Coding Jam, kids arrange physical coding blocks into patterns and sequences to compose original tunes. The game comes with over 300 musical sounds to produce the perfect song. Kids can safely record and share their music with friends, family and the Jam community. “a STEAM-based experience that promotes creative problem-solving.” - VentureBeat “Osmo Coding Jam teaches children coding with music” - Forbes About Osmo Coding Jam: 1. CREATE: Kids 5-12 use coding blocks to create explosive beats. 2. LEARN: Kids get to know coding’s creative side while developing an ear for rhythm, melody, and harmony. 3. SHARE: Once they’ve composed a jam, kids can safely share it with friends, family and the jam community. Learn with our hands-on coding language: Research shows that tangible blocks are a game changer when it comes to helping kids learn. Each of our blocks is a programming command kids can use to create unique jams. As they explore playing with coding blocks, the volume of fun — and learning — gets turned up! * Requires the Osmo Base and Coding Blocks. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Coding Starter Kit or Osmo Coding Family Bundle. * Compatible with most iPads. Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.

Meltdown! A game for the whole family! Meltdown is a game similar to charades but now with 3 rounds. GAMEPLAY 4+ players are needed to play. All players submit names that will need to be guessed though out the game. Once all names are submitted the players will be divided into 2 equal teams. Each round all the names will be shuffled and the goal of each team member is to get their team to guess as many names as possible in the given time frame. You will only use the Admin’s phone to play the game. Other phones may be used to submit names, but the Admin’s phone will be the one you play the game with. Round 1 players can say anything but the word and act to get their team members to guess the word on the screen. Once their team correctly guesses the names they can move on to the next name. Round 1 continues until all names have been successfully guessed. Round 2 all names are now reshuffled into the game and players now can only use 1 word and act to get their team to guess the name. Round 3 all names are shuffled back into the game and players now can only act to get their team to guess the name.  Once all names in round 3 are successfully guessed the game ends and the team with the highest total of correct guesses through all 3 rounds wins! TIPS • It is helpful to pay attention even not on your teams then so you can know what names are in play. Rounds 2 & 3 will become much easier if you have a good memory. • Sometimes there is always that one player that puts in a hard name to guess, the admin can set a number of “Skips” to help in these situations. • Turn your phone volume up :) MODES Single Phone Game Mode This mode allows players to be added and use the same phone to add all the names Multi Phone Game Mode This mode allows players to join with their own device and enter names on their personal device.