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Nuts and Bolts

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Approaches to Play and Learning (APL), Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    APL1.3a, CD-MA3.3b, CD-SC4.3d
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    36-48 months

Provide a variety of different sizes of nuts and bolts. Encourage the children to screw the nuts on and off the bolts. Use a magnifying glass to examine the inside of the nut and the outside of the bolt. Show the children how the metal is formed in a spiral. Ask where they have seen this shape before: in a slide, on a sea shell, on a jar lid that twists on and off?  


 

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