About Play a Song
One bar of the xylophone lights up with a star, and your child taps it to play the next note of a well-known tune. A row of colored dots at the top shows each note and how far the song has come. A wrong bar sounds softly, with a gentle nudge to try again.
How to play
- Watch for the bar with the star and tap it.
- Keep going note by note until the whole tune is played.
- With a keyboard, keys 1 to 8 play the bars from left to right.
What your child practices
- Following a melody
- Listening and focus
- Following a sequence
- Hand and eye coordination
How it grows with your child
LittleAges 4-6
Short parts of a tune, the first nine notes.
YoungAges 6-8
Longer parts of each tune, up to fourteen notes.
Big KidsAges 8-11
Whole tunes from start to finish, up to seventeen notes.
Play together
Sing the tune together while your child plays, then try singing it again without the screen.
