Trajectory

Children find endless ways to propel objects and themselves. They are exhilarated when running, swinging, pushing, pulling and launching themselves through the air. They love to make balls fly, cars zoom, and blocks crash, and even babies delight in watching their bottle fall as they drop it to the ground from their high chair.

Here is a collection of items that can either be used as projectiles, or can be used as an invitation tool (a target or basket to throw and aim at, or to help move/propel objects I.e. tube). - Adapted from: Children’s Lively Minds: Schema Theory made Visible, Deb Curtis and Nadia Jabonetta, Redleaf Press 2019