Country School Pre-K Explores Light And Shadows At Lantern Walk

From New Canaan Country School: New Canaan Country School “Beginners” students (ages 4 and 5) put on their annual Lantern Walk celebration with shadow puppet plays, songs and an evening parade of handmade lanterns, illuminating the night. The evening was a much-anticipated event which culminated a classroom study of light and dark.

The unit began with questions: What is light? Where do you find it? How do you make it? Students and teachers talked about the difference between day and night and experimented with shadows. This exploration led to the creation of four shadow puppet plays: The Animal Play, Looking for Friends, a Trip to The Zoo and The Bandaid Story. The lanterns were made with balloons and translucent tissue paper.

Following the puppet shows, the students sang “Walk with My Little Lantern” guided by Jeannie Bean and Carin Walden as they paraded around campus, holding their lanterns.

New Canaan Country School is a co-ed, independent, day school for students in Pre-K (ages 3 & 4) through Grade 9. Located on a 75-acre campus in New Canaan, the school provides transportation to families living throughout Westchester and Fairfield Counties. For more information about the school or the Pre-K program, called “Beginners,” please visit www.countryschool.net.

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