While we were outside picking the last of our vegetables and eating the few remaining pears some of the children noticed lengthened shadows on the sidewalk. We had a conversation about it and they offered lots of observations: "Look my shadow is really big", "Is it bigger than me?" "My shadow can move", "How big is your shadow?", etc. After more discussion, we decided to explore some of our questions by outlining the shadows in white chalk on the surface of the sidewalk.
After we had outlined a few shadows, one student measured himself by laying on his shadow outline and we discovered that his shadow was TWICE as big as he was. More questions emerged, including, "Are shadows always that big?"
A few other children decided to measure more shadows.
In the studio, some of the parents and I created a shadow theater to capture children's silhouettes for our upcoming auction. It will be interesting to see if this interest in shadows continues to captivate the children's interests.
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