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.
Shadow activities
You could make some shadow puppets.
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.
Do you have any more ideas for us?
This is great, now we just need a sunny day…
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.
We also love Jack’s Amazing Shadow. It’s such a lovely book.
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 🙂
My children love playing with shadows. Good ideas.
Popped over from Pin it party, will pin.
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Thank you.
I love the idea of drawing round the shadow outside. Great idea.
Hopping over from parenting pin it party.