Copying a sequence of actions
Computer Science · Early Years · The School
Watch, then copy
A leader does a short sequence. Clap. Clap. Stamp. Everyone else copies it back, exactly the same way. Watch closely first. Then copy. Watching and copying at the same time is much harder than watching first. Give your whole attention to watching.
Building it up
Start with just two actions. Clap, then stamp. Get that right. Only then add a third action. Clap, stamp, jump. Trying to learn five actions all at once is hard. Building up in small pieces is much easier, and far less likely to go wrong.
Order matters
Clap-then-stamp is not the same as stamp-then-clap. The actions are the same. The ORDER is different. Getting the order right matters just as much as getting the actions themselves right. Swap the order, and the sequence changes completely.
STEP ONE: clap. Everyone copies it. Easy. STEP TWO: clap, then stamp. Everyone copies that too, now that clap alone was already solid. STEP THREE: clap, stamp, jump. A little harder, but still manageable, building on what came before. STEP FOUR: clap, stamp, jump, spin. The full sequence. By building it up one small piece at a time, a sequence that would have been impossible to learn all at once becomes easy to copy perfectly.