Shadow Tag

You will need:

• a play space outside
• sunshine

What to do:

• talk to the children about shadows and have them recognize their own on the sidewalk or grass area
• tell them that they will be playing a special game of tag
• one child is chosen to be ‘it’
• in order to catch another child, ‘it’ must step on someone else’s shadow!
• that person then becomes the new ‘it’

Variation:

• if playing with younger children, do not choose an ‘it’, just let the children see if they can step on anyone else’s shadow