 The point of teaching about shadows to young children is to help them understand light. When I teach shadows to my kiddos, I gather us all in a circle and we talk about what we might need outside to find our shadows, like the sun. So on a nice sunny day, I'll ask the children to come join me outside so we can find our shadows. Once the children have found their shadows, I might say to them, hey, can you guys make your shadows dance or can you guys make your shadows into different animals like a bunny rabbit or a cow? Once they've had a lot of fun exploring their shadows and even hunting for some other ones on the playground, like trees or other natural materials outside, we will then discuss other questions about shadows. I might ask them some questions like, where does your shadow come from or how does your shadow move? And I do this to help myself understand what they know about shadows. And that's why I teach about shadows to young children is to really understand what they know about light.