Flashlight Shadow Books
Reading simple picture books in a dimly lit room, using a flashlight to highlight the pictures, which boosts focus and visual contrast.
- Takes
- 15 min
- Your setup
- 5 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 1–2
- Mess
- No mess
- Cost
- $
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1Find a cozy spot and dim the lights.
- 2Hold the book and the flashlight.
- 3Use the flashlight beam to focus directly on one illustration or object per page as you read the text.
- 4Encourage the child to point to the illuminated object.
What they're practising
- Focused Attention
- Visual Processing
- Early Literacy Engagement
- Sensory Novelty