Resource Type | Title/Author | Comments | Check Out Again? | Rating |
Book/Library | Beacons of Light, Lighthouses; Gibbons, Gail | A bit of the explanations are beyond my 4yo, but I'm able to fill in the details he doesn't understand. Especially interesting is the inclusion of a nearby lighthouse | X | 4 |
Book/Library | Lighthouse; Living in a Great Lakes Lighthouse, 1910-1040; O'Hara, Megan | Written from accounts of children who grew up at a lighthouse on Lake Superior in Minnesota; very, very nice | Y | 5 |
Website | Holland Harbor Lighthouse | Michigan Great Lakes lighthouses; listing of those that are still active and ones open to the public | 4 | |
Craft/Activity | Build a lighthouse | Lots of possibilities. Use cardboard tube. Paint/color designs. Use construction paper for top. | ||
Demonstration | Lighthouse Reflector | Find a flashlight with a bulb that sticks up when the lens is removed. In a dark room, turn on the flashlight (with the lens removed). Notice how well you can see; how bright the light is; how much of the room is lit. Place a mirror "behind" the light. Notice how much brighter the light is; how much of the room is lit. | ||
Game | Signals Game | Lots of fun, much laughing | 5 |