The children used the playground and a bright sunny day to investigate where they could find their shadow. They found out that under the awning there were no shadow. They then began relating the warmth of the sun to the creation of the shadows on the ground.
"My Shadow is right here. It gets big!"
"There is no shadow here because it's not hot here."
"My shadow is backwards."
"Not it is forwards."
"The shadow is there. (Pointing to the ground)."
"Look, I see my shadow!"
"When I am in the sun I see it. When I move here (in the shade) I can't see it."
"I am drawing my shadow. It's on the floor."
"It's here! It's running!" (He started running with his shadow.)
"There is no shadow here because it's in the shade, but in the sun I see my shadow."
"When I back up it gets smaller, when I go forward it gets bigger."
Some of the thinking that was emerging was the movement of shadows, the size of shadows, and how we could change them. These concepts that we will explore.
While exploring shadows, the children were strengthening language skills, exploring their environment, and developing a stronger sense of cause and effect.
