Toddler and Preschooler:
Ok, Did you know shadows actually fall under science? I was surprised to find shadow play in numerous science books this week.
You need:
a dark room
cardboard
sticks
tape
scissors
flashlight
two or more people
First cut out your shadow puppets. They can be any shape, size, etc. You can make vampires, stars, monsters, ghosts, trees, bears, (it is limitless). Make your own patterns or use one you find online. YOu should use cardboard because it won't flop over.
Attach cardboard to your stick.
Have one person hold the flashlight.
Move your puppets in front of the light.
Science is all about exploring and finding out how things work!
Ask your child lots of questions to get them to think about your activity.
How do you move to make it bigger and smaller? Why can you see it on the wall? What is a shadow?
Light rays are straight, so the closer the closer the puppet is to the light, the larger it is on the wall.
Can you make your shadow puppet move? Can you make your shadow puppet dance?How would it move if it was happy? sad? excited?Want to get real fancy?
Set up the flashlight and have you and your child hold up puppets and have them talk and/ or act out a story. You could cut out characters from a book, read the book, and then have the shadow puppets act the story out!
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