How do magnets create invisible forces and attract or repel?

Magnets create invisible forces that make things pull together or push apart, just like how your favorite toy can stick to the fridge without touching it.

Imagine you have two super sticky gloves, one on your left hand and one on your right. When both gloves are sticky side out, they pull each other close, like when you grab a snack from the kitchen counter with both hands. That’s like how opposite poles of magnets (like north and south) attract, they pull together.

Now, if both gloves are non-sticky side out and you try to push them toward each other, they resist and even push back! This is just like similar poles of magnets (north and north or south and south), which repel, they push apart.

You can feel this every time you play with fridge magnets. Even though you don’t see anything pulling them, the invisible force is there, it’s like having an invisible friend who helps your magnet stick to the fridge!