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Flap Happy
Can your child keep up with two of nature’s feathered flappers?
What you do:
- Draw the following chart on a piece of paper.
- Ask your child to flap his or her arms as fast as possible while you count for 2 seconds. Record the result in the chart.
What you talk about:
Help your child to compare his or her "wing speed" with the speeds of two real birds by asking:
- Look at the numbers in the chart. Who can flap the most times while I count to 2?
- Who is the fastest flapper on the chart?
- Who flaps the least amount of times?
- Who is the slowest flapper?
Tell your child that hummingbirds flap their wings so fast that it's hard to see their wings.