Tweet Tunes
Ages 2–6
A copy-the-tune game on a rainbow xylophone
Music games for kids
Music builds listening, memory and pattern skills, and young children take to it naturally. Copying a short tune asks them to listen closely, remember what they heard and play it back in order.
In our music games, every note is both heard and seen: each bar lights up as it plays. Children can follow along with the sound on or off, and tunes grow longer as your child’s memory grows.
Music games
What your child learns
- Listening closely and remembering a tune
- Hearing high and low notes
- Repeating a pattern in the right order
- Hand-eye coordination
Tips for parents
- Sing a short tune and ask your child to sing it back, then swap roles.
- Make a xylophone from glasses filled with different amounts of water.
- Clap simple rhythms together and take turns copying them.
Music: questions from parents
Why is music good for young children?
Music builds listening, memory and pattern skills. Copying a tune asks children to listen closely, remember what they heard and play it back in the right order, skills that also support language and early math.
At what age can children copy a tune?
Toddlers often join in with familiar songs from around 2. Copying a short new tune of two or three notes is a fun challenge from about 3, and the tunes in Tweet Tunes grow longer as your child’s memory grows.
Can my child play the music games with the sound off?
Yes. Every note is shown as well as heard: its bar lights up and the chick hops onto it. With the sound off, the game becomes a colorful pattern-memory game.
More to learn
- Colors Pop balloons to find and name colors.
- Numbers Count friendly critters and find the number.
- Shapes Sort flat shapes and spot 3D ones.
- Letters Find big and little letters.
- Weather Get Bear ready for sun, rain, snow and wind.
- Animals Guess the animal from its shadow.
- Feelings Name feelings from faces and little stories.