Questions about the Clap the Beats poster

What’s on the Clap the Beats poster?

A 5-row table: Word · Claps · Beats. Every word breaks into beats. Clap once for each beat. dog — 1 — dog; rab-bit — 2 — rab · bit; el-e-phant — 3 — el · e · phant; cat-er-pill-ar — 4 — cat · er · pill · ar; hip-po-pot-a-mus — 5 — hip · po · pot · a · mus. Hand under the chin works too — your jaw drops once per syllable.

Who is the Clap the Beats poster for?

Clap the Beats is filed under Kindergarten (ages 5–6), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Clap the Beats poster?

Clap your child's name. Then everyone else's at the table. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Clap the Beats belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Clap the Beats?

Last Sounds, Alphabet Aa–Zz and First Sounds sit alongside Clap the Beats in the Kindergarten set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Last SoundsAlphabet Aa–ZzFirst Sounds

Is the Clap the Beats poster free to download and print?

Yes. Clap the Beats downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kindergarten set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Clap the Beats poster print at?

Clap the Beats is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Clap the Beats loses nothing.Printing guide