Copy the drawing by reflected light. Using a simple line drawing of a cat face between a hard-board shield and a mirror, finger trace the cat. Looking only at the mirror for guidance, try to write something on a sheet of paper. Twinkle Twinkle Little Red Star. Use a penlight laser in activities using mirrors.
Light travels in a straight line.
We see objects by light reflected to our eyes. We cannot see in the dark and identify by cognitive awareness of sensation, perception, reasoning, memory, thinking processes to interpret our environment. The image of an object is seen exactly the same distance behind a plane mirror, as the object is in front of the mirror. Transparent materials bend light.