Game idea: Guessing animals

Age: From 4 years

Players: From 2 children

What do you need?
Some Orff rhythm instruments, for example one of the Schmetterline rhythm sets

How is it played?
A child chooses any instrument and lets it sound. The other children guess which animal makes a sound similar to that of the instrument!

Examples: woodpecker, stork, bee, mosquito, mouse, squirrel, cow (with cow bell), cricket, grasshopper (chirping), bird (chirping and singing), frog, horse (hoof clapping), insect whirring, beetle, chick (triangle), rattlesnake, bat

What is promoted? 
Hearing, concentration, creativity