Block
SOLID BLOCKS LIGHT
Block Stops the Light
In the Shadow Nook lives Block, a solid, sturdy shadow-friend who is very good at one thing: stopping the light! When light can’t get past, a dark shadow appears.
Watch! Hold up a solid toy in front of the light. The light hits it and STOPS — it can’t shine through. So behind the toy is a shadow, dark and clear. That’s Block’s job!
Can YOU be like Block? Hold your hand up to the light. Your solid hand blocks it — and look, a dark hand-shadow on the wall! Wiggle your fingers and watch them wiggle in the dark.
Say it with a grown-up: “Something solid blocks the light — that makes a shadow dark as night.”
Solid things block the light and make dark shadows. That’s Block’s secret! Try blocking the light with different solid toys and watch the dark shadows appear. So fun!
Reading together with a grown-up? A card for the grown-up
For the grown-up: ask one question, then wait. When they answer, add one word to what they said. Tap the button when they have said something — that is one turn each, a circle. Nothing is recorded or kept.
Let them finish it
Say “Something solid blocks the light — that makes …” and stop. Let them finish it.
Now wait. Count slowly to five in your head. Their answer is worth the quiet.
Circles together: 0
The ShadowTots ensemble
Block is one of the friends in ShadowTots. Each friend shows you one idea by how they act; meet them all and you have the whole subject.
