Outdoors
Hold a ribbon in the wind
Age range: 1–3 years
- Duration
- 10 min
- Location
- Outside
- Category
- Outdoors
- Type
- Activity
How to try it
Hold one end of a short ribbon together on a breezy day. Watch it flutter and flick, then move your arm to make it swoop.
Materials
- Short, wide ribbon
Safety note
Keep the ribbon shorter than 30 cm (12 in), never loop it around a neck or wrist, and stay close.
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Why it matters
Seeing the wind move something gives your toddler a clear picture of a force they can feel but not see.
Benefit
Early science
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