Balloon Fun
Time
- 5 to 10 minutes
Materials
- Package of balloons
Directions
- This activity helps your child to explore force and motion. Inflate the balloons and tie them off with the string.
- Suspend them from the ceiling just low enough to be reached, and hit them gently with the palm of the hand.
Extensions
- Try to move the balloons by blowing them.
- Hit the balloons using only the head.
- Put your hands behind your back and walk through the balloons, letting them brush your faces.
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Excerpted from:
Copyright © 2004 by Susan Kettmann. Excerpted from The 2,000 Best Games & Activities with permission of its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc.
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