Newton's Laws of Motion... for toddlers?!

A book about Newton's Laws of Motion, at a level that an almost three year old (and of course, older kids too) can understand and enjoy?  It's true!

A little boy and his pet puppy Newton learn all about forces of motion during their everyday play.  Rather than writing a traditional review, I thought I'd share some excerpts alongside photos of how we chose to demonstrate the principles in the book.

I rolled Newton's ball to him along the ground.  As we played with the ball, here's what we found . . . The ball won't roll far in the rough, grassy yard.

It rolls much farther on a surface that's smooth and hard.

This gave me an idea I wanted to test.
I took out the red truck that I like the best.

I put down the truck on ground that was flat.
Until I would push, my truck stayed where it sat.

When I pushed my toy truck, it went really far.
But even my big push won't move my dad's car.

I realized at the end of the day
that I learned some new things along the way . . .
Playing with Newton gave me the notion
that pushing and pulling are forces of motion.

Thank you to Sylvan Dell for the opportunity to review Newton and Me, which I honestly loved.  And thank you for forgiving me my copious excerpting; it was too cute not to share.  I am linking this post up with Science Sunday, Learning Laboratory, ABC and 123, and We Play.

Comment!  Have you been up to any science-related learning this week? 

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