Understanding the WorldReceptionMaterials

Materials and their properties

Explore everyday materials (wood, plastic, metal, fabric) and describe simple properties (hard, soft, smooth, rough).

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Let's look at a toy car. It's hard and smooth — that's because it's made of plastic! 🚗

  2. 2

    Is a toy car hard or soft? 🚗

  3. 3

    Sort these things into hard and soft. Tap the hard things first! 👆

  4. 4

    Let's look at a spoon. It's shiny and hard — that's metal! 🥄

  5. 5

    Which of these is made of metal? 🥄

  6. 6

    Tap the thing that is soft and fluffy — like a cloud! ☁️

  7. 7

    What word tells us that something is not hard? 🤲

Practise Materials and their properties with Whizlo

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