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Hi, I'm Dana.
This week my daughter Ellis and I
are going to keep exploring shadows.
We've already had fun exploring shadows outside.
Now we're going to explore shadows inside.
We're going to
play and explore together,
ask questions and talk about ideas,
and explore more.
At the end of the video,
I'll show you all the ways we did this.
All right, Ellis, let's watch a video
of Peep, Chirp, and Quack when they find a flashlight.
Go on and press play.
(music playing, water splashing, Ellis laughs)
(Quack cries out)
(Quack grunts)
(Peep cries out)
He turned on the light.
(laughs)
DANA: What's-what's that on the wall
when the light came on?
ELLIS: Um... that is the shadow.
How come Peep looked bigger than Quack a while ago?
'Cause they were stepping backer and backer
and that makes them bigger.
DANA: They were stepping back to what?
Back to the...
back to the light.
DANA: Oh...
Quack, quack, quack.
DANA: Should we go get our flashlight
and turn off all the lights and try and make some shadows
like Peep and Quack? ELLIS: Yes!
DANA: See if we can find what we can make shadows with in here.
ELLIS: Here.
DANA: Oh, is that your hand?
What else? Let's walk around the room.
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What happens when you walk towards it?
How does the shadow change? ELLIS: It turns bigger.
And that looked like a sun
DANA: Let's make it look really big.
(gasps)
ELLIS: Wow...
Can you bring him... you bring him in,
bring him closer to the wall, let's see what happens.
What's going to happen?
ELLIS: Ah, he's a little baby mouse.
DANA: Because what do you need to make a shadow?
ELLIS: Light.
Gone!
Up! Down, down, down, down.
Wow...
DANA: Maybe you go all the way back.
Let's see what happens to the shadow.
Go all the way back that way.
ELLIS: "E" turned bigger and wider!
DANA: Cool...
It's cool.
ELLIS: And-- (imitates crashing sound)
DANA: Hey, Ellis, remember when we were playing
with the-the... making shadows with the flashlight?
Yeah, Mommy.
DANA: Now we're going to turn on the light
and make some with our hands.
ELLIS: Wow!
That looks like a... DANA: What's that?
ELLIS: Hi.
Quack.
That's me.
Baby crocodile.
DANA: What does this look like?
Oh!
DANA: Mine's a mom bird and yours is the baby bird flying.
I'm going to come down and get you.
(imitating whooshing)
Got you! ELLIS: Thank you!
DANA: Here, let's see if we can see the tree's shadow
when we've put it in the glass.
Do you think you'll be able to see the shadow
through the glass? What do you think?
ELLIS: I think yes. DANA: Yes? Let's see.
ELLIS: Yes, we can!
That little...
DANA: Do we see the whole tree?
ELLIS: A half of it.
Can we just try about this first?
We can see the tree!
See? DANA: Cool.
How do we make the bag look skinny
so you see from the other side?
Remember how Peep and Quack were doing it in...
when they made themselves... how did they do it?
They roll themselves up... they turned sideways.
DANA: Yeah.
Let's look at these pictures from earlier.
What were you doing in this one?
ELLIS: I was making a bird.
DANA: What were you using to make the bird?
I was using my hands.
DANA: Oh, what's that?
ELLIS: A bunny that you made!
DANA: Yeah.
What did I use to make the bunny?
Two fingers.
DANA: These are cool. ELLIS: Yeah.
I'm so glad we did this.
I'm so glad that I did this with you.
(Dana straining)
DANA: I love you.
I love you.
DANA: Now let's rewind so I can show you what I did
to get Ellis excited about science.
Play and explore together.
Ellis loves it when I play along.
If she sees I'm paying attention,
she'll keep exploring.
I'm right there by her side, but I like to encourage Ellis
to lead the activity.
That keeps her interested.
Ask questions and talk about ideas.
The more Ellis and I talk about what we're doing,
the more she learns about shadows.
When I ask questions,
it makes Ellis think more about the activity we're doing.
What happens to Peep's shadow when he hits...
steps closer to the light?
He turns bigger. DANA: Right, bigger than who?
Quack.
DANA: Sometimes I stop talking
and wait to hear what Ellis thinks.
I want to make sure I give Ellis a chance
to talk about her ideas.
After we took pictures of the shadows we made,
we talked about them.
When kids talk about what they did,
it helps them to learn and remember.
Explore more.
When we get creative and explore shadows in different ways,
Ellis learns even more.
When we experimented with different objects,
we discovered ways to make short shadows
and long, skinny shadows.
We also explored how shadows change when you move the object
closer and further from the light source.
We also tried see-through objects to see how that
made different kinds of shadows.
Last week we played with shadows outdoors,
and this week indoors,
exploring the same science topic in different places
is a great way to explore more.
Playing and talking together will get your child
excited about the science of shadows.
Get creative and explore even more by coming up
with your own shadow activities.
You know what interests your child more than anyone.
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