Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: What Makes a Shadow?

Authors:

Chabely Figuereo

Publication Date:

revised 7/21/2023

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Shadows are created when light is blocked from reaching the ground. Step outside or find a flashlight and a dark space, like a wall or floor, inside to create shadows. Use different objects to create different shadows. Move objects around to see what the shadows do.

PDF icon DPA-What Makes a Shadow.pdf

Audience: 

  • Families
  • Practitioners

Developmental stage: 

  • 3-5

Setting: 

  • Center/Preschool
  • Home

Resource Type: 

  • Activity cards (playtime, daily routines)

Topic: 

  • Science

Level of Intended Impact: 

  • Knowledge application

Language: 

  • English

Developer / Author: 

  • STEMIE

Routines and Everyday Activities: 

  • Playtime (indoors & outdoors)

Resources for Families: 

  • Discovery Play Activities