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Benefits of Playing the Super Power Smile Clapping Game

Engages brain circuitry by stimulating the frontal lobes and crossing the mid-lines of the body. 

Improves bilateral coordination 

using both sides of the body together

Improves fine and gross motor skills by prompting the right moves at the right time. often two hands have two different jobs.

Helps develop skill progression as children clap independently, then transition into clapping with a partner, and then with other children in a group.

Improves social-emotional skills and well-beling qualities as children learn to interact with others, control their natural impulses, gain confidence, and empathize with other children trying to learn the game.

Teaches new words with new meanings.

Promotes memory skills as children say the correct words in the correct order. 

Encourages children to follow rhythmic patterns & sequences.

Promotes creativity as children design their own clapping games and moves.

Crossing the midline is important in the development of gross and fine motor skills, cognitive development, and social-emotional development. Balance and coordination (i.e. crawling, skipping, and kicking a ball) strengthen gross motor skills.

Crossing the midline forces both sides of the brain to work together. which helps develop higher order thinking skills, sensory integration, body awareness, and critical thinking skills. This will help children to retain information and stay focused for a more productive learning environment. Will help with reading, writing, cutting with scissors, and gross motor skills like skipping

Children of all ages and developmental levels can play a clapping game. Patty Cake and similar are to play with babies. Tap a steady beat on every body part from head to toe. Gently have their hands and feet cross their midline while chanting or singing.

You are more than welcome to modify the Super Power Smile Clapping game to meet the developmental needs of your children and students. You can begin with the basic clapping game skills and then introduce more advanced ones when they are ready.

Develops eye-hand coordination.

Eyes can practice tracking - will help with reading and writing.

Have fun while promoting Cooperation and communication.

Bilateral Coordination

• Symmetrical: when both hands or feet are performing the same motion. ...

• Reciprocal: when both sides of the body move in a rhythmical motion. ...

• Asymmetrical: when both sides are working together, but doing different tasks, with one side leading and the other side helping/supporting.