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Build this roller coaster with your child and watch his curiosity and imagination soar.
What You Need:
- Reusable materials such as foam insulation tubes, cardboard, PVC pipes
- Tape
- Balls, marbles, or toy cars
What To Do:
- Research what roller coasters look like in books and videos and talk to your child about the structure of the roller coaster.
- Together gather materials to build your roller coaster. Listen to his ideas on how to connect the different materials. Follow his lead as he adds twists and turns.
- Now have your child place the balls, marbles or toy cars at the top of his roller coaster structure, and together watch as they wind and twist to the bottom.
- Allow him to make mistakes, let him come up with troubleshooting ideas, and share your own ideas on how to fix it.
- Respond to his enthusiasm, give high fives and do it again!
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