Summer Acitvity #2

Ok so activity #2 was all about magnets.  This one was really easy and she really enjoyed it.  I grabbed a brown lunch bag and grabbed things from our junk drawer.  I grabbed things that I knew would be magnetic and those that weren't as well.  When I had the bag about halfway full I grabbed a couple strong magnets off the fridge for us to use.

I first taught her about positive and negative sides to a magnet and how when 2 positives are put together they tend to want to resisit each other.  She loved this part because you could feel the resistance. 

I then allowed her to pull something out of the bag (without looking).  This was part of the fun for her as well.  Some items she laughed at - like the rock - but others she was curious.

Before long she was making predictions on what was magnetic and what wasn't.  I was writing them down and if she got her prediction correct I would put a happy face and sad face if it was wrong.

When we finished everything that was in the bag - I had her put everything into categories, magnetic, non-magnetic, and both(some things had parts that were and were not magnetic.). 

This one is just because she is my pretty girl and I can't believe how big she is getting!

And then here she is fillingout her orange form...

So this activity was a good one - give it a try.