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Age range: 3-6

Theme Area: Lighting Up the Dark

Related Episode: Ord Sees the Light

Subjects/Skills: Problem Solving; Emotional Development

Materials Needed:
Flashlight
Paper
Pen

Directions:
Talk about how Ord faced his fear of the dark. Ask your child to tell you how he feels in the dark. Explain that when you turn the lights off in a room, everything stays the same; it's just more difficult to see them.

Demonstrate this by looking around your child's room when the lights are on. Ask him to describe the things that he sees in his room, such as a bed, a dresser, a toy chest, a bookshelf, and so on.

Tell your child that it's time to be "Dark Detectives." Let him know that you are going to turn off the lights in his room. He will use a flashlight to try to find all the things that are on the list that you wrote together to see if anything has changed in the dark. Let your child know that you will be right beside him, and that you will hold his hand if he wants.

Bring the list and the flashlight into the dark room. "Check" each item off the list as your child shines a flashlight on it.

When you're done, talk about what you discovered. Did anything change or move around in the dark, or were things exactly the same as when the lights are on?

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