Clap the Beats

“But-ter-fly!” Clap the beats with the narrator, then tap the drum once for each beat and watch the word split into its beats. One beat, then two, then three.

Builds: Syllables

Words: cat, dog, ball, sun, bunny, apple, pizza, cookie, carrot, turtle, butterfly, banana, dinosaur, ladybug, umbrella, tomato, drum, beat, beats

Try it together: Clap the beats in words at dinner: pi-zza, ba-na-na, and your child’s own name.