Lessons Learnt Journal » light http://lessonslearntjournal.com Life with Kids Fri, 30 Dec 2016 05:32:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Light Painting http://lessonslearntjournal.com/light-painting/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/light-painting/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:58:30 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=3104 Google. Don’t you just love google? You can find answers to practically anything on the spot. Does a shark really not have any bones? Google it. What’s the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? Google it. How do I get crayon off my walls? Google it. Yes – I have googled each of those [...]

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]]> Google. Don’t you just love google? You can find answers to practically anything on the spot. Does a shark really not have any bones? Google it. What’s the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? Google it. How do I get crayon off my walls? Google it. Yes – I have googled each of those questions.

Light Painting. A few of my friends recently shared some of their light painting photos. You guessed it, I googled it.

What is light painting? As the name suggests, it’s painting with light. All you need is a camera that can take long exposure shots; a dark room; and a torch.

A dark room and a torch – now this is the kind of art my boys LOVE.

 

They started off with circles and then they wanted to draw Batman and Superman, (surprise surprise).

It looked like so much fun, I had a go myself after the kids were tucked in for the night.

So. Much. Fun.

N & M: 3 years, 9 months
E: 1 year, 8 months
Mum: who’s counting?

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]]> http://lessonslearntjournal.com/light-painting/feed/ 6 Lights Activity Box http://lessonslearntjournal.com/light-activity-box/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/light-activity-box/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:58:27 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=2643   It’s 3 o’clock. I wish for that long awaited ding ding ding of the home bell, signalling the change of guards. Rest.   There is no ding ding ding of the home bell for the stay at home mum. There used to be the blessing of the afternoon nap, but my preschool twin boys [...]

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It’s 3 o’clock. I wish for that long awaited ding ding ding of the home bell, signalling the change of guards. Rest.

 
There is no ding ding ding of the home bell for the stay at home mum. There used to be the blessing of the afternoon nap, but my preschool twin boys no longer subscribe to it. A cup of tea used to be my quick three o’clock pick me up. The effects of that are wearing off at an exponential rate.

 
At those 3 o’clock moments, I’m desperate for some sort of play that’s engaging for the kids, and requires minimal input and supervision from me. Tah dah! I would like to introduce our light activity box.

 

Gather all sorts of light related toys and gadgets into a box.

 

 

Torches, lanterns, coloured cups to stack on top of lights.

 

 

We even placed our toy periscope in our light activity box. The mirrors inside the periscope are fun to bounce light off. My kids are too young to grasp the science behind that – (but one day I anticipate the question shall arise.)

 

 

It’s simple but intensely engaging. My favourite type of play – (and the kids love it too).

 

 

 Another KISS (Keep It Short & Simple) play idea.

N&M: 3 years 8 months
E: 1 years, 7 months

 
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We finally took on Day 2’s Challenge: Build A Fort from the 30 days to Hands on Play challenge hosted by the Imagination Tree & Hands on: As We Grow.

 

Open up your child's imagination by creating a fort with fairy lights. Lessons Learnt Journal.

 

Fort with Fairy Lights

 
N&M  just got their new beds on the weekend. It was such a great structure for our fort.

 
I strung up our fairy lights underneath the top bunk  and hung a blanket over the side to make an entrance for their fort.

 
What an invitation to play! A fort, fairy lights and a dimly lit room.

 
Of course, the invitation to play was keenly embraced.

 

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Children morph into who they want to be within their pandora’s box that is the fort.

 
N&M called the fort their “cave”. They didn’t want to call it their castle because they didn’t have a princess in it, (they looked and looked but couldn’t find her). So their fort became a cave.

 
N changed into a dragon. “ROAR!”

 

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Where there is a dragon, there needs to be a dragon slayer. It’s biblical.

 
M’s weapon of choice was a gun. The gun had flashing lights which added some extra fun in a dim cave.

 

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Forts open up a child’s imagination. I’m not sure what it is about the make-shift shelter, but forts in their various ingenious designs create walls of security for play.

 
Long live the humble play fort!

 

N&M: 3 years, 5 months

November 2011

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There’s something magical about fairy lights. Whenever I catch a glimpse of them glowing in a dark space, I can’t help but sigh and smile (if not on the outside, definitely on the inside). It’s soothing. Fond memories of past Christmas seasons and other celebratory events flood into my mind.

 
Inspired by the many beautiful photos of light table activities, I was determined to have some sort of light table in our home, especially with our usual activities on hold during school holidays. I did a quick search online and a proper light table or light panel can be quite expensive.

 
Thankfully, many have come up with DIY versions. Teach Preschool’s DIY light table for preschool  was particularly helpful.

 

 

Do It Yourself Light Table for Kids

 
I searched our home for available materials to use and am happy to share our Do It Yourself Light Table for Kids.

 
Materials: Old baby bath (ours is a frosted blue colour); clear fairy lights; aluminium foil; double sided tape.

 

 
Method:
Using double sided tape, attach the aluminium foil to the sides of the baby bath. Have the shiny side facing out so that it reflects the fairy lights.

 
Because our baby bath is already frosted, I didn’t need to worry about the lights being too bright. However, if you were using a clear box and wanted to frost the top of your light box, you could attach some baking paper to the top of the box or spray paint the top with a frost paint (as suggested by Teach Preschool).

 
Turn the baby bath upside down and place the fairy lights inside the bath.

 
The finished product before you turn out the lights and put the fairy lights on, looks very ordinary.

 

 
However, create a dark space, turn the fairy lights on… and the magic begins.

 

 

N & M: 3 years, 4 months
E: 1 year, 3 months
September 2011

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