I have to admit that I will shamelessly raid the construction
site next door (with permission) for their odds and ends. This time we got some
sections of pipe to add to the pipes we already had. I was happy because the
new pipes were wider than the old ones and they were different lengths. I often
use the pipes we have as car ramps by setting them up against a chair outside
(that is when the pipes are not taken apart and in the sandbox for the kids to
build with.)
This time I set up the old pipes and the new pipes beside
each other. The kids started by putting the cars down the ramp. Now putting a
car down a pipe is not as easy as it sounds! First they needed to notice that
the cars needed to be wheels down in order to really go. They noticed that some
of the cars went better than other cars and they noticed that sometimes the
cars got stuck in the pipe and had to be shaken out! It was all going well but
soon the ones without cars started to look for other things to send down the
tubes.
They tried pinecones, balls, and even a bowling pin! Some of
it worked and some of it didn’t. It was also interesting to watch them notice
that some things would only fit down the bigger tube and that they needed to
change the angle to make everything slide down faster. They still wanted to
stick to the cars by the end of the day since I think they all decided that no
matter which tube they used the cars just worked better!
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