Shadows are awesome. And they are everywhere. And kids seem to like to talk about them. At least they did when we introduced our topic here at our Explorastory program! These are some great books to get kid’s minds exploring the fascinating idea of shadows.
“Gregory’s Shadow” by Don Freeman
“Whose Shadows is This?” by Claire BergClick here to order these books on the Heights Library CatalogActivity: We were able to get a hold of an old piece of technology that worked amazing for this project- an overhead projector! Children were able to jump in front of the light to form their own shadows with their bodies or hands. I also brought different die-cut shapes of animals and objects and had the children identify what it was by the shape alone. Children and adults also had fun recognizing their own shadows and making hand shadow puppets. You can learn some more really cool hand puppets by clicking here.