Game
Hour with flashlights
- ages 3–15
- 40 min
Children turn off the light and play shadow theatre, talking about saving energy.
Steps
- Conversation: where electricity comes from and why it is worth saving.
- Children count how many appliances in the room run on electricity.
- You turn off the light and turn on flashlights.
- Playing shadow theatre with hands on the wall: animals, birds, characters.
- Finally, children make a list of three ways to save electricity at home.
Tip: Battery-powered flashlights can be replaced by dynamo LED lights or hand-crank flashlights.
Materials needed
- Flashlight for children (1 per 2 children)