Bear really wants to play on his sledge, but he’s stuck. Will a push and a pull from his friends get him moving? It’s impossible to resist this hilarious first introduction to the science concept of forces. With engaging artwork and a very funny story, children won’t even realize that they’re learning something while they laugh along with the animal friends! Features fun activities at the back to explore the topics further.
This is the story of a bear who wants to go sledging in the snow. He is at the bottom of the hill and doesn’t know how he is going to get to the top so he can start sledging. His friends come to help and it involves a lot of pushing and pulling.
Eventually, he understands the need to help himself to get to the top so all of his friends can enjoy sledging back down. The book has very bright and engaging illustrations that would be brilliant for younger children.
The use of the words push and pull throughout provides the opportunity to secure the children’s understanding of the meaning of those words. After you finish reading the story, there are several push and pull activity suggestions for you to do with children to help them cement their understanding of the words. This would be a brilliant real-life scenario to base a science experiment on for younger children around the topic of forces specifically push and pull.
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