How Tectonic Plates Move means practising the idea at the table with a simple hands-on check. We will demo once, then your child tries.

Materials: A printout or sketch of Earth layers / fault lines OR clay for a simple fold; Pencil. 1. Say the goal of How Tectonic Plates Move in plain words once. 2. Adult models one earth process (folding clay, or pointing to a fault) and names the cause. 3. Child builds or labels three simple models and says what each shows. 4. Fresh check: one fresh cause sentence from a model. Record and stop. Done: three labeled models with a cause sentence each. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.