Give a Child a Magnet

Basketball season is here. Papa has to watch just about every game on the TV, which leaves Selena a wee bit bored as she wants his attention, or play a family game. Some evenings I just get wore out trying to keep her occupied and entertained. On one such nights I gathered up almost every magnet I could find in the house and a pile of paper clips. Selena had a good hour of fun.

Of course she knows magnets stick to many surfaces in our house, but she had a blast discovering all the objects she could pick up with them. We even threw a few different items in the mix like paper, which she discovered the magnet would not pick up, but the right magnet held under the paper with a paper clip on top, move the magnet and the paper clip magically moved across the paper too. She was really surprised when she picked up a pipe cleaner with a magnet.

Then we found two magnets that were opposite polarized. Wow what a surprise Selena got when she tried to put them together. We quickly had a discussion on why this was so, which I don’t think she quite understood, but that didn’t stop her enthusiasm one bit. She then tried every magnet she had to see if she could get the same result.

Just give a child a magnet and you can give them a good hour of fun, give them more then one magnet and let them just explore.

I know this isn’t quite geography related, but I have a doctor’s appointment this week, just a check up nothing major, so we will be around and see what all of you are studying in geography this week so long as you link your post up below.