Friday, January 30, 2015

Exploring Shadows

For the past month we have been exploring light and dark, black and white
                This led us to using light to create shadows.
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The children recognize the light, and everything between the object and the light, but finding the shadow that lays on the table behind the object is very difficult. 
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As the children played with the items on the table they created a spot light which
                  prompted me to get out our crank flashlights.
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The only dark place, in our room to use the flashlights, was under the table.
                 Turned out the children liked the little hide away.
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                    I decided to give them something to search for.
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        I printed pictures of a bunny, cow, dinosaur, eagle and letters A-F.
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As we were discovering the pictures and letters, this child noticed that B goes with bunny.  Together we matched the rest of the letters to pictures but noticed that two letters didn’t have pictures to match.
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A and F were missing pictures.  When asked what starts with A (ah) she thought and said "apple".  I encouraged her to draw a picture to add under the table.
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Then we worked on the letter F and decided to draw a frog but she said she didn’t
                              know how to draw it so I volunteered.

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                    For a few days I left this message on top of the table.
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                       More children discovered the pictures and letters.                    
                     It’s wonderful learning when the unplanned happens!