Clap Clap Slap Rhyming Game

Clap Clap Slap is the laugh-out-loud reading game that helps your little one fall in love with words. Designed especially for preschool, Pre-K, and kindergarten kids, this fast, silly rhyming game feels like pure fun—but every round builds vital skills for future reading success. If you’re looking for reading games, educational toys, or kindergarten toys that actually teach something, this one delivers. Parents love that it’s screen-free, teachers love that it’s phonemic-awareness–rich, and kids just love to clap, slap, and rhyme their way through play.

3 WAYS TO PLAY:

Level 1 – Spread 10 cards on the table. Adults say the picture names out loud and find rhyming pairs (fox/box, log/frog). Any child that identifies a rhyme Claps twice and then grabs the rhyme. Its a game of speed, while they’re practicing hearing rhymes while playing a simple matching game.

Level 2 – Elevate the fun! Kids still hunt for rhymes, but now they can steal sets from other players. A set is only safe when all 4 rhyming word cards are together, so kids stay engaged, listening closely and strategizing.

Memory Match – Turn all cards, or take a smaller subset for early learners,  face down and play a classic memory game with a twist: to keep a pair, players must flip two cards that rhyme. Now kids are working on memory and rhyming at the same time.

WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:
Rhyming is one of the most important phonemic awareness skills and a powerful early predictor of reading success. As kids clap rhyming words, they’re strengthening the brain pathways they’ll need for decoding, spelling, and fluent reading later on—without a reading workbook in sight.

WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
52 cards with 13 sets of 4 rhyming words, plus easy instructions. That’s endless possibilities for quick 10-minute games, small-group literacy centers, rainy-day fun, and family game night. Clap Clap Slap is the smarter way to play—a joyful reading game for kids that turns rhyming practice into their favorite new game!