Tracing Shadows
Stand in the sun in different positions, and give your toddler a chance to trace the shadows your body makes.
Tracing Shadows
Time
- 10 to 15 minutes
Materials
- Chalk
Directions
- Stand in the full sun and have your child strike a pose.
- Quickly trace the shadow with chalk.
Extensions
- Strike different poses.
- Return to the same place several hours later and repeat. Talk about what happened to the shadows.
- Color in features and clothing.
- Throw water on the pictures to erase them and begin again.
- Trace the shadows of other objects.