Tips for exploring sliding and rolling with your child

Children love to explore how objects move. Look for ramps as you are out with your child. Talk about how ramps make it easier for people to move or things to move — like slides at the playground, ramps for wheelchairs and strollers, etc.

Make it move!

Investigating how a ball moves gives children important opportunities to interact with science concepts and it offers many opportunities for good discussion. Children enjoy making predictions, observing, describing, and even making drawings of these movements. Grab a ball and have some fun.

Bounce, roll, and throw balls!

Investigating how balls move gives children important opportunities to interact with science concepts and it offers many opportunities for good discussion. Children enjoy making predictions, observing, describing, and even making drawings of these movements. Grab a ball and try this out!