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Tap, tap, clap! Develop children's co-ordination and appreciation of rhythm with a clapping game.

Develop children's co-ordination and appreciation of rhythm with a clapping game.

Child development opportunities

* To co-ordinate language with matching actions

* To develop better control over left-and right-hand movements

* To find out that self-improvement can be fun and satisfying.

How to play

* Ask the children to sit or stand in lines or circles with the same number of children in each.

* Number the children so that they know who is the first to play and who is the last.

* Explain that they are going to repeat the words 'tap, tap, clap' at the same time as one child does the actions. The actions begin on the left and move towards the right.

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