Physical education, 4–6 years — 20 topics · MyLeoNes™ Kuks
20 physical education topics written for 4–6 years — not a older text simplified. In teaching order, each a deck of five cards: the idea, why it exists, a worked example, the common trap and where you meet it.
Physical education · 4–6 years
Pushes and pulls
A push or a pull can make something move, stop or change direction. Children meet this idea whenever they open, roll, kick or drag something.
Heavy and light
Objects can feel harder or easier to lift. Comparing them teaches that size and heaviness are not always the same thing.
Solids and liquids
Some materials keep their own shape, while others flow and take the shape of their container. Pouring and holding objects makes this difference easy to see.
Magnets attract some materials
A magnet can pull certain objects without touching them, but it does not attract everything. Testing objects reveals a useful difference between materials.
Sound comes from vibrations
See how a plucked string, a drum and your voice make the air move and create sound.
Light makes shadows
Find out why a shadow appears when something blocks light, and why it changes when the light moves.
Some things float and some sink
Test objects in water and notice that size, shape and material can all affect what happens.
Air takes up space
Air is invisible, but balloons, bubbles and upside-down cups help you see that it is there and takes up room.
Hot and cold
Temperature tells us how hot or cold something is, and warmth can change what materials do.
Why things fall
Earth pulls objects towards the ground, which is why dropped things fall and we stay on the floor.
Bending and stretching
Some materials change shape when we bend, pull or squeeze them, while others resist or break.
Rubbing slows things down
When two surfaces rub, they can slow movement; rough surfaces usually give more grip than smooth ones.
Wheels help things move
A wheel rolls around its middle, so an object can travel without its whole bottom scraping along the ground.
Balance
An object balances when its weight is supported in the right place, so it does not tip over.
Some materials soak up water
Materials behave differently when water touches them: some let it in, while others keep it out.
Water can freeze and melt
When water gets cold enough it becomes solid ice, and when ice warms up it becomes liquid water again.
Hard and soft materials
Materials do not all feel the same when we press, squeeze or scratch them. Hardness and softness help us choose the right material for a job.
See-through and blocked light
Some materials let much of the light through, while others stop it. Looking through clear, cloudy and solid objects helps us notice this difference.
Water runs downhill
Water moves across a surface towards a lower place when nothing holds it back. A small slope can show this clearly, even when the hill is hard to see.
Measuring length fairly
We can compare lengths by placing objects together, but a shared unit lets people compare things even when they are far apart. The unit must be used from end to end without gaps or overlaps.
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