Flip
MOVE THE LIGHT, SHADOW FLIPS
Flip Swings the Shadow
In the Shadow Nook plays Flip, a bouncy shadow-friend who loves to make shadows swing side to side. Flip’s secret is a surprise: you don’t move the toy — you move the light!
Watch! Put a toy on the table and shine the light from the left. The shadow leans to the right. Now move the light to the right — whoosh — the shadow flips to the left! The toy never moved at all. Only the light did!
Can YOU make it flip? Keep a toy still. Move a flashlight from one side to the other. Watch the shadow swing the opposite way. Flip!
Say it with a grown-up: “Move the light, don’t move the toy — the shadow flips the other way, oh joy!”
Move the light, and the shadow flips the other way. That’s Flip’s silly secret! The toy stays still while its shadow dances side to side. Try it and giggle!
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 “Move the light, don't move the toy — the shadow …” 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
Flip 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.
