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Home » Fun with Shadows

Fun with Shadows

June 27, 2013 by admin 7 Comments

Jack’s Amazing Shadow is a book we have read over and over again. We have spent many a fun afternoon observing our own shadows so I think all my children could relate to the tale.

Jack is an ordinary boy, who has a troublesome shadow. The shadow gets him into trouble and so he makes it go away, but then he misses him and realises he has been mean to his best friend.

The illustrations are bold and fun, perfectly telling the story along with the text. It really is a lovely book and a great addition to any book collection.

 JAcks Amazing Shadow

Shadow activities

You could make some shadow puppets.

shadow puppet

Or, how about drawing around your shadows? Z and S decided to draw their body parts inside their drawings, so it turned into a fun learning activity too.

 shadows

Do you have any more ideas for us?

 

Filed Under: reviews Tagged With: Books for kids, Jacks Amazing Shadow, Shadows, Tom Percival

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  1. TheBoyandMe

    June 28, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    This is great, now we just need a sunny day…

    Reply
  2. Coombemill

    June 29, 2013 at 10:02 pm

    Another fun one is to stand the same way and draw your shaddow each hour to watch the change in shadow direction with the time of day.

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  3. Carolin

    June 30, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    We also love Jack’s Amazing Shadow. It’s such a lovely book.

    Reply
  4. Mum of One

    July 1, 2013 at 11:18 am

    I love the idea of the kids drawing around each others shadows. Might just give this a go with my little boy. Thanks so much for linking up to the pin it party 🙂

    Reply
  5. Karen Bell

    July 1, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    My children love playing with shadows. Good ideas.
    Popped over from Pin it party, will pin.
    http://pinterest.com/karenbell36/

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    • admin

      July 1, 2013 at 1:34 pm

      Thank you.

      Reply
  6. Jess @ Catch A Single Thought

    July 1, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    I love the idea of drawing round the shadow outside. Great idea.

    Hopping over from parenting pin it party.

    Reply

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