Many things in nature move, from people and animals to objects and vehicles. Things around us are always moving!

Pick out something in this picture. Can you tell me how it moves? 

Does it flutter up high in the sky? Or run fast on the ground? 

What else moves? How does it move?

Cars, trucks, helicopters, and planes move by driving on the land or flying in the sky. Children run, skip, and jump. Objects move up-and-down, left-and-right.

Baseballs move when they're thrown. Water moves in the ocean. What happens when you take your pencil in your hand and let go of it? It drops to the ground!

Movement is all around us! Let's look and see how things move in different ways.

This firetruck drives on the road to put out a fire. The path the fire truck takes on the road is in a straight line.

A straight line is a kind of movement when an object makes no turns or curves. It's path is completely straight.

At the fair, you might be able to spot a Ferris wheel! Ferris wheels go round and round in a circle. 

Round and round is a type of movement, too, A round and round movement usually make a circle. 

How about this picture? What do you see?

This roller coaster goes high up in the air and then drops down. 

Up and down is a type of movement when something goes upward toward the sky and falls back down.