Play ‘call and response’ games with me using instruments

Play this game by transferring the ‘call and response’ songs we have sung onto instruments.

Play the game first by clapping short rhythms
Next transfer the short rhythms onto percussion instruments and other soundmakers
Now try doing the same activity with melody instruments or on tablets …
… just two or three notes at first, singing along, from songs that I already know, then try making phrases up for me to copy
Next, just use instruments, and gradually make the phrases longer if you can
You lead at first, then see if you can encourage me to do the same
Start one-to-one, and then move to groups of three or four family members or friends
Make recordings of what we do, and see if I can play the game by using these – interacting with myself!