Open a door — that's a push. Pull on your sock — that's a pull. Kick a ball, drag a chair, blow on a feather. Every time something starts moving, stops moving, or changes direction, a force did it.
Forces aren't always visible. Gravity is a pull. Magnetism is a pull or push. Even the wind is a force.
Roll a ball on the carpet — it stops fast. Roll it on a smooth floor — it goes further. Roll it on ice — almost forever. The thing slowing it down is friction — the rough touching between two surfaces.
Without friction, you couldn't walk! Your shoe pushes back on the ground; the ground pushes you forward.
An old man called Isaac Newton figured this out 350 years ago: a moving thing keeps moving in a straight line until a force changes it. A still thing stays still until a force pushes it.
That's why you wear a seatbelt — when the car stops suddenly, your body wants to keep going. The belt is the force that stops you safely.
Push a toy car gently → it rolls slowly. Push it hard → it zooms. Same car, different force.
And heavier things need a bigger push. That's why pushing a shopping trolley full of food is much harder than an empty one.
Every push, every pull, every fall, every stop — there's a force somewhere doing the work. Newton said: force = how heavy × how fast it changes speed. Big push + small thing = big speed. Small push + heavy thing = barely moves.
Look around right now. Pick anything. What forces are on it? (Hint: gravity is on everything.)