Glimmer
SEE-THROUGH MAKES A FAINT SHADOW
Glimmer Lets Light Sneak Through
In the Shadow Nook shimmers Glimmer, a sparkly, see-through shadow-friend you can almost look right through! Glimmer has a gentle secret: see-through things make soft, faint shadows.
Watch! Hold up something see-through — like a bit of clear plastic or a thin scarf. The light doesn’t stop all the way. Some of it sneaks through! So the shadow is soft and pale, not dark. That’s Glimmer’s magic!
Can YOU find a Glimmer thing? Hold something see-through up to the light. Is its shadow dark like Block’s… or soft and faint? Soft and faint — because the light sneaks through!
Say it with a grown-up: “See-through things let light pass through — their shadow’s faint, a softer hue.”
See-through things let light sneak through and make faint shadows. That’s Glimmer’s secret! Try see-through things and solid things — dark shadows and faint shadows. Can you tell which is which?
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 “See-through things let light pass through — their …” 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
Glimmer 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.
