Getting Around the Sifter Floor
From The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! · 2018
3 minK1st2ndScience
Summary
The floor is wobbly and full of holes — so how do you cross it? The Cat helps Nick and Sally try different ways to move across tricky ground, exploring pushes, balance and motion.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
We can change how we move to get across hard places.
- What made crossing the floor so hard?
- What different ways did they try to get across?
- Which way worked best, and why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: move, balance, push, across, careful.
Try it: Plan a safe path across a 'lava' rug. Show two ways to cross it.