Find the Balance Point
A pencil, a shoe and a folded map each have one secret spot where they sit still on a single finger. Two fingers sliding together always find it, wherever you start.
What you need
- Pencil or pen
- Folded map or magazine
- Shoe
- Bottle
How to play
- Rest a pencil across two outstretched index fingers held far apart.
- Slide your fingers slowly toward each other until they meet.
- Notice that they meet under the same spot however far apart you began.
- Balance the pencil on one finger there and let your child see it hold.
- Repeat with a magazine, a shoe and a bottle, guessing the point in advance each time.
