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First off, thank you Amber for allowing me to share this post
with you guys!
A few months back I shared an article from Clickin’ Moms
e-magazine, Click. The article
talked about getting your kids involved in photography. Since photography is a HUGE part of my
kiddos lives I knew they would be so excited for this activity. Here is my experience in trying out
this idea.
A few weeks back we experienced a typhoon and lost power for
about a day. I knew this was the
perfect time to try this out.
Luckily, I had anticipated the power outage and had borrowed my
neighbor’s point and shoot.
How it works:
- Make it a scavenger hunt. Choose a
topic or subject you want your child to focus on finding objects to
photograph. We decided to pick
colors. She is only 4 years old so
I knew this was something she could do without getting frustrated. I would say a color and she would
search around for an object.
- Find some great light to photograph the
object in. We decided to shoot
the objects in the same location (I’m a little type-A). My younger daughter’s changing table
was in great light.
- Take advantage of the teachable movements. Since my daughter is only 4, I knew what
I would be able to teach her was minimal.
Some points I talked about:
1. Finding
good light
2. Composition
- talked about not putting subject in the dead center
3. Proper
way to hold a camera - keeping elbows close to the body to avoid a blurry
picture
There are so many different things you could choose as your
topic.
- The
ABC’s - find objects that start with each letter of the alphabet
- Their
name - find objects that start with each letter of their name
- Numbers
- find objects in groups of numbers 1-10
- Colors
- Shapes
- I
spy - throw a bunch of toys in a pile.
Photograph the whole group.
Then pick out 10-15 objects to photograph by themselves that were in the
pile and create your own “I Spy” book.
After we took all the photos, I uploaded them and Kate enjoyed
getting to see her pictures on mommy’s computer. I decided to publish her photos in a Blurb book. We live in Japan, so I decided to add
the Japanese version of each color.
I’m hoping she’ll never forget that she knew some Japanese as a child.
Since her book had less than 20 pages (Blurb’s minimum), I
decided to add some statements in the back for her to fill in when the book
arrives. I left pages for her to
draw pictures of her favorite things as well as write her name. I’m so excited to have something like
this to enjoy with her as well as keep for years to come.
You can preview the book Courtney made for Kate below. Thanks for sharing Courtney. If any of you complete this activity with your children, be sure to leave a leave in the comments below. I would love to see it.
6 comments:
That is such a great idea - I need to start doing this with my niece. The last time she visited us, it was a whirlwind, but I want to start doing more of this sorta thing. Great idea.
Love this - absolutely love this. My daughter is snapping photos constantly and this would give her focus (no pun intended). I see math and science and nature books in our future....
Thank you, Amber, for featuring my button on your blog. I am honored beyond words. And I love words! ;)
xoxo michele
What a genius idea! Can't wait till my daughter is old enough to do this!
Need to try these out with my nephew.. Great tips :)
Great ideas!!! I'm gonna have to give this a go!
Great ideas Courtney. Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait to do this with Dustyn.
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