Clap Echo
memory game for kids 4+
You clap a rhythm, your child claps it back exactly.
In short
In Clap Echo, you clap a short rhythm and your child claps it back exactly. All you need are your hands, so the game works almost anywhere. It suits preschoolers who love making noise. Your child practices listening closely, remembering a small sequence and coming in at the right moment.
What you need
- Nothingjust the two of you
How to play
- You clap a short rhythm, three beats to start.
The full instructions are in the printable pack
3 more steps and 3 ideas to make it harder in the printable pack
All further steps and the ideas to make it harder are in the printable pack, together with all sheets to print.
See the printable packWhen it fits
- In the morning, when your child sits half asleep at the breakfast table and still needs to wake up.
- Before singing or making music together, as a little warm-up for the ears.
- After lunch, when your child is too tired to run around but too awake to rest.
What your child practices
- Auditory attention
- Working memory
- Timing
Listening closely and remembering a short sequence are things your child will need later when learning songs, rhymes and syllables. Clapping out syllables, as many kids know it from preschool and elementary school, relies on exactly this sense of beat. Jumping rope or dancing also depends on coming in at the right moment.
Works well before or after
Afterward, Block Beat combines rhythm with a sheet. As a counterpart without any sound, try Statue Poses.