We had a fun week playing with shadows in kindergarten....how can an old folktale about a ground hog inspire so much learning...and fun? We we had a great time playing on the playground with our shadows...one day....yes our weather doesn't allow for very much shadow play as of late!
In our science curricculum we have been learning that you need three things to make a shadow. A light source (we used an artificial one in our classroom!), a surface and an object. We wrote a book and took picture of objects on the playground and the shadows they made. We learned that shadows move and about how the earth rotates and has a shadow from the sun. We learned about sundials and ways that shadows change depending on the time of day (see our diagram!) We even made a shadow with our class. It was a lot of fun. I cannot imagine my life (or your child's) without a digital camera!
Ask your child what they learned about shadows. By the way...the Ground Hog says 6 more weeks of winter!
