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Roll. Race. Test. Discover.

What happens when a ball rolls down a ramp? Can changing one piece make it move differently?

In Make It Move, children become scientists and engineers as they experiment with motion, gravity, and cause and effect.

 

What You’ll Do

Roll balls through tracks, build pathways, test ideas, and discover how objects move. Experiment again and again as you change variables and observe the results.

 

What Children Are Learning:
  • Cause and effect
  • Gravity and motion
  • Problem solving and prediction
  • Scientific inquiry and experimentation
  • Measurement and spatial reasoning
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Persistence and critical thinking

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Ramps & Rollers

Roll, race, and experiment with ramps and balls. Change the height, angle, or path and discover how small adjustments can make a big difference. Through trial and error, children explore gravity, motion, and cause and effect while thinking like scientists and engineers.

 

Archimedes Screw

Turn the giant screw and watch as balls travel upward. This hands-on experience invites children to investigate simple machines, movement, and problem solving while discovering how engineering can make work easier.

Why This Play Matters

Children are natural scientists. They constantly ask, “What happens if…?” In Make It Move, every roll, bounce, and spin becomes an opportunity to predict, experiment, and discover. Through play, children learn that testing ideas, making changes, and trying again are important parts of learning and problem solving.

Hours of endless fun

This is a super great area to keep everyone busy for a long long time.

Growing With Play

Younger Children

Rolling balls and watching objects move introduces early concepts of gravity, prediction, and cause and effect.

 

Older Children

Older children design increasingly complex pathways and use trial and error to solve problems and test ideas.

Play Together
Ask questions like:

 

  • Which ball moved the fastest?
  • What do you think will happen next?
  • How could we change the ramp?
  • Can we make it go farther?