Look! It Sticks

When Ava was about one and a half I created a bean tub for her to have some sensory play. I then discovered we had a Lakeshore store close to where we were living at the time. While in the Lakeshore store I found this magnetic wand and chips. I decided to hide the magnetic chips in the beans and create another work for her to do. She would take the wand move it around in the beans, pull it out and have chips on her wand. She would then take her hand and rake the chips into another container until all the chips were collected from the beans.

Now that she's older I decided to use the wand for another work. I found little items around the house that were Magnetic and Non-Magnetic. I put them in a container along with two paper labels with the words Magnetic and Non-Magnetic on them.

Ava took each item and would put it up to the wand to see if it was Magnetic or Non-Magnetic. After each discovery she would place the item under the correct label.