These days, the 4-yr old is extremely curious about sun, earth, moon, and the stars. She now understands why we cannot see the earth much the same way how we can see the sun and moon, viz., as a ball in the sky. The analogy we used to help her understand is that we cannot see our own car – how it looks – when we are sitting inside it and driving on the road. We can see other cars but not our own – for which, we will have to get out of the car. And, this is very similar to why we cannot see the earth as we are living in it and we will have to go to space to be able see earth.
Last night as we were about to turn in, the lil one asks, “Is Moon in space or space is in Moon?”. To which I reply, “Moon is in space”. Pat comes her next question, “So no space in Moon?”. xD
Me wonders, if not a scientist, she just might grow up to write for sitcoms about astute nothings! Now, not that there is anything wrong with that (is there?).
Image: NASA
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