Playing with Shadows
Written By Lynne Bertrand
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Teach your child to observe Groundhog Day by playing with shadows.
One bright morning, turn your backs on the sun and find your shadows on the sidewalk or driveway. Use chalk to outline the shadows you and your child cast. Back indoors, make a couple of Play-Doh groundhogs (or mice or some other little guys). Use a flashlight to give them their shadows. Move the flashlight (or the groundhogs) around to make the shadows change shape, or trace the groundhogs' shadows, the way you did your own.In the afternoon check outside and see if you and your child can fit your shadows back into your chalk outlines. You can't, of course, because like your flashlight, the sun has moved.
