The Mystery of the Thing That Went and Came Back
From Peep and the Big Wide World
9 minPre-KK1stScience
Summary
Peep, Chirp, and Quack — a chicken, a robin, and a duck — investigate an object that keeps coming back and explore how it moves. Like every Peep story, it models the science-inquiry habits of observing closely, asking questions, and trying things out, which makes it a gentle fit for a preK–1 science circle.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Peep and friends explore how things move when you push or pull them.
- What made the object move in this story?
- Did the birds push it or pull it?
- How can you make something move faster? How can you make it stop?
- What rolls easily, and what does not? Why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: push, pull, move, fast, stop.
Try it: Roll a ball gently, then give it a harder push. Which push made it go farther? Tell a partner why.