Sun Prints

Part of any study of Creation is awareness of light and dark.  At the preschool level, experiences provide the scaffold for learning about light and dark in ways beyond simply noticing which is which.

The Bunnies learned about the effects of the sun by making sun prints.  Each child chose an ordinary object and placed it on a small piece of dark construction paper.  We placed the papers out in the sun for a day.

The next day we had fun discovering what the sun had done to our papers. We used the terms "light" and "dark" rather than "faded" to describe what happened. 

This is a super simple science experiment that can be repeated at home.  Try gathering random objects and even larger paper to make little collages.