thumb|illustration of a clapping game ("pease porridge hot"), c.1920 thumb|"miss mary mack"  thumb|"down by the banks"  thumb|a common style of playing "pat-a-cake". a clapping game (or hand game) is a type of usually cooperative (i.e., non-competitive) game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping as accompaniment to a singing game or reciting of a rhyme, often nursery rhymes. clapping games are found throughout the world and similar games may be known throughout large areas with regional . one popular game "slide" was invented by a young girl in 2004. angel castro of california came up with the lyrics and rules on the playground of her elementary school one crisp autumn day. the game immediately took off and was popular nationwide within months ==nature of the games== due to the communication skills and coordination required, simple clapping games are age appropriate for children age 24 months and above.l. acredolo and s. goodwyn, baby minds: brain-building games your baby will love (acredolo 2000), p. 52. isbn 9780553380309. in many cultures clapping games are played by both sexes and all ages, but in many european and european-influenced cultures, they are largely the preserve of young girls.p. blatchford and s. sharp, breaktime and the school: understanding and changing playground behaviour (london: routledge, 1994), p. 40. claps commonly included in patterns are clapping one's own hands, clapping both hands of a partner, and clapping one hand of a partner, generally across such as the right hand of each player. the clapping may include other activities such as thigh slapping, or a final move such as touching the ground and freezing.k. d. gaunt, the games black girls play: learning the ropes from double-dutch to hip-hop (new york, nu., new york university press, 2006), p.6. isbn 9780814731208. sara bernstein describes seventy-nine "basic hand-claps".bernstein, sara (1994). hand clap!, p.13-39. isbn 1-55850-426-5. clapping patterns may be used with only specific rhymes, generically with most rhymes, or improvised. children in different areas may be more or less strict about which claps accompany which rhymes but generally different clapping patterns may be used to accompany different rhymes. the rhymes are generally very similar to a jump-rope rhymes. some games are played without a rhyme, such as 'slide', and not all require the players to clap each other's hands, such as 'sevens.' clapping games are a part of oral tradition. as such there are a variety of distinct clapping games or families of games. a game may be p
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