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Lani uses a shiny magnet to attract paper clips while Beni watches; buttons and a cookie sit nearby.
Lani found a shiny horseshoe magnet. "I bet it pulls everything!" Beni said. They tested paper clips, buttons, and a cookie. Clips jumped; buttons waited; the cookie didn’t move.
At a sunlit table, Lani lifts a nail with a magnet as Beni watches; a wooden block sits nearby.
"Maybe it pulls metal," Lani guessed. They tried a nail, a spoon, and a block; only the metal clicked. "So, not everything—still magical," Beni said. "Let’s learn more," Lani grinned.
Beni holds two repelling magnets; Lani makes a chain of paper clips beside him.
Beni found another magnet in the box. "Watch the ends," he said. One end pulled; the other pushed like a little shove. "Opposites attract!" Lani cheered, making a paper-clip chain.
Beni uses a magnet to race a paper-clip bug on paper while Lani cheers next to him.
They slid the magnet under paper, racing a paper-clip bug. "Go, go!" Beni steered around doodled obstacles. "Magnets pull certain metals," Lani said, grinning. They high-fived and planned tomorrow’s magnet maze.