🚀 trajectory
Tape-square target bounce
ages 3–5
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1–3 min setup
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~10 min
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No cleanup
Set up
Tape a square (roughly 12"×12") on the floor with masking tape. Hand the child a ball or a rolled-up sock.
Show your kid (30 sec)
Stand back a few feet. Bounce the ball once so it lands inside the square. Look pleased.
What you'll see
Aiming, missing, adjusting. The child will quickly invent variations: bouncing off the wall, dropping from above, sitting and rolling, two squares at once.
When they want to go again
Make a "miss zone" with a second tape color. Tape three squares of decreasing size for a difficulty ladder. Number the squares and call them out as "tonight's target."
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