Shadow and reflection preschool

Fun collection of shadow activities and shadow experiments, including shadow frame, 3D shadows, drawing shadows, sculpture shadows and lots more.

Shadows are formed when light is blocked by an object. On sunny days, shadows of ourselves, trees, houses, and many more are visible. The light from the sun helps create these darker areas. Explore this fact through these ten enlightening shadow activities that are exciting and interesting for young children.

Shadow craft for preschool and kindergarten students.

There is never a bad time for a good matching activity! I personally love pulling out simple, but effective matching activities for my little ones for some independent learning. However, most matching games are all the same. Your learner matches two identical pictures together. So, I decided to create something a little different, and the

This was our question of the week. Well not a question but a statement. When each child arrives at our StrongStart centre they find their ow...

How do we make shadows? Explore how shadows are created with this hands-on STEAM activity for preschoolers.

Learning about Shadows and Reflections We talked a lot about how shadows move with the sun and how the location of the sun determines which way your shadow falls. This was a fun craft to help the kids to visually understand how the sun casts shadows. We used the projector to see the 'shadows' different objects make. We played a game too, I sent each kid to hunt for something in the classroom that was small enough to fit in their hand. I called them up one by one and they placed their object…

Now that the children are calmer and are playing more productively, we are able to relax and be present in the simple moments of discovery. It's now easier to listen in with both our eyes and ears and pick up on the natural curiosity of the children. We are not being pulled away as often…

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