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All About Shadows
Try this handy way to explore some shadow basics.
What you need:
- lamp or flashlight
- blank wall
- dark room
What you do:
Go into a dark room. Have your child hold his or her hand in front of a lamp or flashlight so it casts a shadow on the wall.
What you talk about:
- Tell your child that shadows are made when something gets in the way of light and blocks the light out.
- Have your child make another hand shadow. Tell him or her to move the light closer to the hand.
- Then ask, "What happens to the shadow when the light is closer?" (The shadow gets longer.)
- Next, have your child move the light farther from the hand.
- Then ask, "What happens to the shadow when the light is farther?" (The shadow gets shorter.)
Illustration: Art Explosion