As part of our imagination hour we had set up shadow play space and materials for our 3-4 year olds. Children were excited to work with shadows! Many of them were looking at the shadows and making pictures with them. One of the 3 year olds in the class, Pari, found something interesting. She kept looking at the shadow for a long time and kept moving her star shape up and down. Suddenly with great excitement she shouted saying “Ma’am the star and the sun shadow becomes big as it is moved!”
It was in her play with light and shadows she had discovered a basic principle of shadows that it changes shape as it is moved closer and away from its light source. Pari in her playful observation discovered how nature presents opportunities to play even in the simplest of elements around.
Discovering shadows and playing with them gives children one more of the languages of the universe to connect with and understand in their lives. The discoveries we make by ourselves stays with us forever and it kindles the curiosity in us in ways that mugging up numbers and facts doesn’t. What have you discovered today?
Contributed by: Sujitha M, Learning & Innovation Engineer at Sparkling Mindz
It was in her play with light and shadows she had discovered a basic principle of shadows that it changes shape as it is moved closer and away from its light source. Pari in her playful observation discovered how nature presents opportunities to play even in the simplest of elements around.
Discovering shadows and playing with them gives children one more of the languages of the universe to connect with and understand in their lives. The discoveries we make by ourselves stays with us forever and it kindles the curiosity in us in ways that mugging up numbers and facts doesn’t. What have you discovered today?
Contributed by: Sujitha M, Learning & Innovation Engineer at Sparkling Mindz
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