Bonjour!
It has been wonderful to see more of you sharing photos and ideas on our Team.
Today’s (and tomorrow’s) blog post is all about toys – how they move and what makes them go. We are sure you’ll have plenty to say about this topic!
A. 
Push and Pull. Create a giant Venn diagram, or two intersecting circles. Label one circle “push,” the other circle “pull” and the area where the circles intersect “both.” Collect some of your moving toys together. Discuss what action you do to make them move – push/pull/both – then place them accordingly in the appropriate area of the Venn diagram. Look at the diagram at the end. What comments can you make about the types of toys you have? Do you have more push or pull? How many of each?
B. 
Drop! Splat! Take a piece of paper or cover a table with some. Get pom poms or cotton wool, pop it in some paint and see from how high you can drop from onto the paper! If you drop from a different height does that change the size or shape of the splat? Why might that be..? This is a great starting point for children to understand forces and the effect of gravity on different items!
C. 
Why don’t you make paper aeroplanes and have family challenges? What makes a difference to the height/distance of your plane’s flight?
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Airplane
D. 
Domino Chain reactions! There are so many benefits to building domino chains! Coordination, patience, creativity, design skill… Building domino chain reactions is a fabulous team building activity which we sometimes enjoy in nursery, especially with the large dominoes. You don’t have to use dominoes; you can also use Lego/books/building blocks or cards.
Here are some videos of this in action!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4DeDMFmJQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMRCOiWxyc
https://frugalfun4boys.com/domino-challenge-cards/
E. 
Join Milo to find out about his experiment. This is something lots of you know a lot about already as we see it in your indoor and outdoor play.
Use a pile of books of different heights, a piece of card and a toy car to experiment with forces. Predict the outcome. How fast will the car go? Does it whoosh or zoom faster or slower depending on how many books you add to the pile? Count the books too!
F. Do you have a slide in your garden? You could try sending some toys down the slide. Not just ones with wheels! Do HEAVY or BIG toys go faster or slower? What about soft and light toys like teddies or pieces of material? Do they move quickly down the slide? Do some items get stuck if the slide is a bit wet? What about the cars with wheels, does the rain stop them?
G. 
Why don’t you design a new toy? Perhaps you could build it with Lego, Duplo or other construction materials. Or you could use some boxes and other items due to be recycled. Think about how you are going to join all the different parts together and how your toy might move. Will it make sounds too? What could you add to allow your toy to make different noises?
H. 
I wonder if your favourite toys would like to join you for some lunch… Maybe you could read them your favourite story. Or make a menu of what you are going to eat. How many spaces do you have at the picnic? How many plates, cutlery etc will you need? Who’s going to wash and tidy up afterwards?
Remember to look on our Team to see what your friends are up to and to see videos from Miss Campbell today 🙂
