Funnel Flashcard for Preschoolers
Ages 6+Grown-up tools
The little gray cone with the stem — the funnel guides a pour into a small opening without a drop lost: water, oil, juice, all delivered neatly into bottles that would otherwise splash everywhere.
Say it together
“Funnel! The little cone helper. Stand it in the bottle mouth… pour — the liquid runs down the funnel, right into the bottle! No spills, no puddles. The funnel makes every pour neat.”
Say it naturally, then wait. Whatever comes back — the word, the sound, a point, a giggle — is the right answer.
Try this
Name it and try it with supervision: funnel in an empty bottle, and your child pours water from a jug — watch it glide through, zero mess. Then the reverse question: what happens with NO funnel? (A puddle. A glorious puddle, outside, where puddles are allowed.) Cause and effect, demonstrated pour-ably.
Quick parent note
The funnel is engineering in one word: change a wide pour into a narrow stream. It belongs on the Ages 6+ shelf because the concept — guiding flow — is the point more than the tool. Kids who can explain WHY the funnel works have discovered fluid dynamics at the kitchen sink.
Teach it, step by step
Want the full walkthrough? Open the Funnel lesson on the Learning Path.
From the Kitchen Things (Extra Class) room — with every lesson one tap away.
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