We’ve been experimenting with ramps a lot lately. Just about every day B sets up some kind of ramp and rolls down various things. Here are some ideas …- Slide different things down the ramps – ball, cars, blocks, soft toys. Do things roll, slide or stay put? Which things travel the furthest from the end of the ramp? Why do some things just stop at the bottom?
- What happens when you change the angle of the ramp? What happens when you make the ramp really steep?
- Place some things at the bottom of the ramp as a target. A small tower of blocks is fun.
- Use a variety of different ramps – we’ve used the slide, a baking tray, cardboard tubes, train tracks, books, cushions and probably more. What properties do the best ramps have? – rough or smooth? stiff or flexible?
As for the picture above … ramps were not enough and we were trying to make a jump for the cars!
4 comments:
We love ramps! My husband is a bit of a handyman, so he always has bits & pieces lying around that we use for ramps. My son will play for hours. Great fun!
ooo, this looks like fun. i can imagine my son loving this. we have a ramp outside that he slides his bike down. i might show him how about the ball idea. i think he'd love that.
I love this. We do a lot with slides, and we seem to have the same train set, but I like the idea of a target.
Oh looks like fun, I'm looking forward to when my Son Max is old enough to start playing with cars and ramps and jumps!
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