What your child will discover
Help the child understand that every object with mass attracts other masses. Earth’s gravity pulls nearby objects toward Earth’s centre and gives them weight.
Lesson 249 of 300
What Is Gravity?
Understand gravity as an attractive interaction between masses that gives objects weight, pulls them toward Earth, and keeps moons, planets, and spacecraft in orbit.
4–5 yearsScience, Technology & MediaAdult guided
Science, Technology & Media · KnowledgeForKids.com
Listen together · adult controls the audio
The spoken lesson
"Gravity is an attractive interaction between objects with mass. Earth's gravity pulls nearby objects toward Earth's centre. Mass describes how much matter an object contains. Weight is the gravitational force acting on that mass. Without much air resistance, differently weighted objects fall with similar downward acceleration. A flat paper falls slowly because air pushes against it more strongly than against the same paper when crumpled. Gravity also shapes orbits. A moon or spacecraft is continually falling while moving sideways around another body. Gravity attracts masses, gives objects weight, and shapes motion on Earth and in space." DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Use low safe drops and accurate orbit models. Avoid heavy-object myths, jumping from heights, falling people, or describing orbit as a place without gravity.
Words to notice together
GRAVITYMASSATTRACTWEIGHTFALLEARTHORBITAIR RESISTANCE
Make it real
Pause, point, name what you notice, and connect the idea to something familiar in your child's day. Repetition, a calm voice, shared attention and dependable care matter more than finishing quickly.