Winter Shadow Matching Activity

When the days get dark earlier, the shadows seem to appear earlier too. Your children will have to explore these winter shadow matching activity cards. The cards can be placed out face up a few at a time. Children can see if they can find the words that match the cards.

Do you have to use the winter shadow-matching activity cards this way? No, the above idea is just a suggestion. The cards can be used any way you want to use them.

Ways You Could Explore the Cards

Choose a group of eight shadows and matching words. Then turn them face out. Two at a time turn cards. If they match, you get to keep them. If they don’t match, you have to turn them over again.
The shadow card can be shown to children and they can describe the object they think it is. You don’t have to use the word cards.
The children can be shown the word cards. They can draw their shadow cards that illustrate the words or words on the cards.

Getting the Winter Shadow Matching Activity

The Winter Shadow Matching Activity is a PDF. Once you have downloaded, the set you will need to open it with a PDF reader like Acrobat Reader.

First, you will need to download the set.

Winter Shadow Matching Activity Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. A message may come up asking if you want the file to open right after downloading it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Books Based on Shadows and Light

Building background before starting an activity is always a good idea. These are wonderful books that have a light and shadow theme. Some of the books are non-fiction and others are fiction.

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Dinos After Dark features cutouts that you can shine on the wall with a flashlight.

Hand Shadow Fun is a great resource for learning how to create fun shadow images with your hands.

Phil and his shadow have fallen out. His shadow wants fun and adventure. Phil wants boring and predictable. This book looks at how they learn to work together.