Lights & Shadows

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For 4-8 Year Olds

Illustrations: Dikhit Borah

Content: Marwah & Sumitra

IndexActivity Name Skills Acquired

Word Jumble Vocabulary, Language, Cognitive

Rainbow Shadows Observation, Logical Reasoning, Creativity

Shadow Garden Visual Tracking, Coordination, Creativity

Match It! Identification, Observation, Recognition

Count The Lights Logical Reasoning, Visual Tracking, Play

Artificial vs Natural Communication, Identification, Logical Reasoning

Missing Letters Language, Cognitive, Recognition

Sundial Fun! Cognitive, Concept Learning, Knowledge

Shadow Chase Logical Reasoning, Visual Tracking, AttentionShadow Chase Logical Reasoning, Visual Tracking, Attention

Reflection vs Shadow Concept Learning, Knowledge, CognitiveReflection vs Shadow Concept Learning, Knowledge, Cognitive

Lights & Shadows

How this activity helps?This activity helps improve your child’s vocabulary while challenging their observation.

Word Jumble Word JumbleHave you noticed how objects can be identified with their shadows?

Help your child unjumble the words with the help of the shadows as clues.

PMAL

PPETUP

NOOM

DOWSHA

DLENAC

Answer: Shadow, Moon, Candle, Lamp, Puppet

How this activity helps?Drawing the shadows of these objects helps engage your child’s logical reasoning.

While you do this activity, talk to your child about how shadows are formed.

Rainbow Shadows Rainbow ShadowsShadows are always black. But let’s imagine that the shadows are very colourful!

Help your child draw the shadow of the following images and colour them!

Apple

Pencil

Boy

Girl

How this activity helps?Sticking the silhouettes on the correct area helps improve your child’s observation and visual tracking.

Shadow Garden Shadow GardenLook at the beautiful garden! Now, let's imagine these garden elements are shadows.

Help your child cut out the illustrations on the following page and stick each on its corresponding element in the garden.

Shadows

How this activity helps?Matching the shadows with the correct image helps engage your child’s observation skills.

With your child, discuss about the difference between a shadow and a reflection.

Match it!Match it!Can you match the correct images below to their correct shadows?

Help your child identify the shadows and draw a line to match the shadow with the correct image

Tree

Pear

Bulb

Pig

Flower

How this activity helps?This activity helps your child recognize the light sources in the house.

Ask your child to identify all the light sources in the house.

Count The Lights Count The Lights We have so many sources of light inside the house!

Help your child identify and circle the light sources in the image below. Help your child name each of the light source.

Answers: Chandelier, Table lamp, candle, Tube light

How this activity helps?This activity helps your child understand how we receive light.

With your child, talk about what makes a light source ‘natural’ or ‘artificial’.

Artificial vs Natural Artificial vs Natural There are two main sources of light — natural and artificial. Below are a few natural sources and a few artificial ones.

Help your child identify the odd one out.

Star

Tree

Answer: Torchlight, Sun, Lightening

Lightning Elephant

Tubelight Headlight

Torchlight SunSun

SunSun

S_n

_o_n

c_nd_e

_u_b

st_ _How this activity helps?

This activity helps improve your child’s vocabulary. With your child, discuss about these various sources of light and how they work.

Missing LettersMissing LettersWhere does light come from? Below are a few sources of light. Looks like they’re missing some letters.

Help your child fill in the missing letters to identify the many sources of light.

Answer: Answers: Sun, Moon, Candle, Bulb, Star

How this activity helps?This activity helps your child see how the sundial works and

gives them deeper understanding of the concept.

Sundial Fun!Sundial Fun!Have you ever used a sundial? Well, get ready to make one!

Help your child cut out the elements below. Help them stick the triangular flap on the dial. Place it under sunlight and watch how the sundial works!

XII

IX III

IIX

IVVIII

VVII

IXI

VI

Torchlight

Reference Image

The Dial

Glue here

Gnomon

Glue here

How this activity helps?Finding the way around the maze helps improve your child’s logical reasoning and attention.

How about a story of how the shadow lost its person?

Shadow ChaseShadow ChaseLooks like the shadow has lost its person!

Help your child find the way around the maze and help the shadow find its person.

How this activity helps?This activity helps your child understand the concepts of ‘shadow’ and ‘reflection’. You can talk to your child about the difference between reflections and shadows.

Reflection vs Shadow Reflection vs Shadow Can you differentiate shadows and reflections?

Help your child identify which ones are shadows and which ones are reflections.

a)

b)

Answer- Reflection: a, c Shadow: b,d, e

c)

d)

e)