This is a program that works for children ages 18 months and up. Children will learn the basic concept of gravity and craft themed items they can play with at home.

Their new word will be “gravity”.

Materials for Activity

• Scarves
• Plastic balls

Materials for Craft

• Scarves for each child
• Inflatable DIY beach balls https://search.livebrary.com/record=b5628120~S86
• Markers
• Dot Markers

Books

• “Baby Loves Gravity” by Ruth Spiro
• “Gravity” by Jason Chin

1. Start with your favorite Hello Song!
2. Read “Baby Loves Gravity”.
3. This is when I teach them the word of the day “Gravity”
4. I hand out the scarves and we throw them up and watch them slowly drift down.  Then we throw the balls in the air and notice how they come down faster.
5. I play a song and the children play with the balls and scarves.
6. Read “Gravity”
7. If you have a bubble machine this is a great program for it 🙂
8. Craft time.  Give each child a scarf and dot markers.  (Put paper under the scarf so the maintenance staff doesn’t give you mean looks for dotting up the furniture 😉 )
9. Give the children the DIY beach balls and markers. They should be permanent but if they are washable the children can color the ball over and over again 🙂 .