About Magnet
A magnet pulls paper clips, scissors and chains, but not a teddy bear, a sock or an apple. Your child drags each thing to the magnet or to the red no sign and starts to see that magnets pull many metal things, but not cloth, paper or food.
How to play
- Ask yourself whether a magnet would pull the thing you see.
- Drag it to the magnet or to the no sign, or tap one of them.
- With a keyboard, press 1 or 2, or use the left and right arrows.
What your child practices
- What magnets pull
- Metal and other materials
- Early science ideas
- Sorting by a rule
How it grows with your child
YoungAges 6-8
Eight things to sort, half pulled by the magnet and half not.
Big KidsAges 8-11
Ten things to sort, five the magnet pulls and five it does not.
Play together
Take a fridge magnet around the house and let your child guess before testing a paper clip, a toy or a sock.
