Push Flashcard for Preschoolers
Push — the roundabout word. Hands flat, legs driving, and the whole thing spins faster. This card is giving: your push becomes somebody else’s ride.
What does this word mean?
Push means pressing something away from you to make it move. Pushing is the opposite of pulling — the load travels out, your hands stay behind it.
How do you do it?
Low hands, bent knees and push through the legs, not just the arms. Watch the rider’s face — push enough for giggles, not enough for wobbles.
Why it helps a preschooler
Pushing a friend on a roundabout is physics and kindness in one job: too soft is boring, too hard is scary, and finding “just right” is a child reading another person — the root of empathy.
Say it together
“Hands on, bend your legs, PUSH! The roundabout only goes because someone pushes it — today that someone is you.”
Say it naturally, then wait. Whatever comes back — the word, the sound, a point, a giggle — is the right answer.
Try this
Push games indoors: push a box of books across the rug, push your grown-up (gently!), push the shopping trolley. Heavy things make honest pushes.
Quick parent note
Roundabouts have rules — feet on, hands off when it spins. Say the rule as a cheer, not a warning: “feet on, hands round!”
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