Where Is My Shadow?

ABOUT THE BOOK
FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Written by Muhammad Kathem Jawad, illustrated by Gulnar Hajo Publisher: Wael Wakeem

Why does my shadow always follow me? And why is it sometimes short and other times long? A journey that a little girl takes with her shadow that help children explore this natural phenomenon.

Family Activities

Children are instinctively curious to explore and understand the world around them, including nature’s phenomena. We can see them watching, thinking, and sometimes coming up with imaginary and creative answers to their questions regarding clouds, rain and snow.

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Dear Parents,

To turn their experience into a deeper learning one, we need to listen and provide them with the opportunity to watch the smallest details, which might seem to us obvious and unimportant. In addition, we can encourage them to ask questions and think of the answers.

Wondering, asking and exploring are the keys for learning.

We share with you some thoughts for activities with your children…

Family Activities

We think with our child what happened to the girl’s shadow in the story: When the shadow is in front of her and when is behind her? When her shadow is long and when it is short?
Maybe you child would like to see his/her shadow in different times at the day: in the morning, at noon, after noon and at sunset. We should encourage our child to think about the sun location in the sky and the length of the shadow. What happens to the shadow when it is dark?
Shadows are interesting to many children; we can see them chasing their shadows and trying to catch them, or trying to step on shadows. We can explore with our children why we cannot catch our shadow. Children may enjoy chasing each other’s shadow and trying to catch it.
The light of a side lamp and a dark room is all we need to play with our children and to make shapes of animals using the shadows, as the last pages of the story suggest.
To create a shadow theater, one of the easiest theaters you can build at home, all you need is a ladder (or a small table), with a big white sheet on it. Then set a side lamp behind it. The theater is ready, while actors will act behind it or use marionette.
What other natural phenomena could interest our children? Our child might choose one to explore together.

المربّية العزيزة،

ظاهرة الظّل ظاهرةٌ طبيعيّة تُشغل الأطفال الصّغار، وتُثير فضولهم. قد تُلاحظين أثناء لعبهم في السّاحة حماسَهم للّحاق بظلّهم، أو محاولة أن يدوسوا على ظلال رفاقهم. الطّفل محاطٌ بعالمٍ تملؤه الظّلال: ظلال البشر، والبنايات، والأغراض المختلفة التي تبدو كلّها على نحوٍ مختلف إذا أضاءتها الشّمس.

"أين ظلّي؟" كتاب يدعو الطّفل إلى مراقبة واستكشاف هذه الظّاهرة العلميّة المُدهشة. الجميل في الكتاب هو تصوير العلاقة المباشرة بين الطّفلة والعالم من حولها عن طريق الظّلال، بدءًا من ظلال جسمها وأجسام رفاقها في المدرسة، وانتقالاً إلى ظلال البنايات والأشياء المختلفة في بيئتها السّكنيّة