Benchmark 4F
The Physical Setting: Motion
Grades K-2, page 89

The way to change how something is moving is to give it a push or a pull.
 

NSES Content Standard B 
Physical Science: Position and motion of objects 
Grades K-4, page 127 
The position and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling. The size of the change is related to the strength of the push or pull.