We have kids books on solar system, and Ari can name the planets orbiting our sun.
During one of our walks, my husband pointed to the evening sky and showed Ari the half moon. We tried to explain to him on why we could only see the half-circle instead of the usual full circle moon. We tried to crumple some paper and shine flash light on it to explain to him the position of the sun, earth and moon that gave the effect.
Soon after, Satya ordered a simple model online and it arrived some weeks later. Aritya and I, made it as an afternoon project and built the model from scratch. I showed him the instruction manual and made him build the model. Soon after, the model of the moon, earth and sun was completed and he was very happy with the result. After some explanation, he was able to understand that the moon orbits around the earth, and the earth orbits around the sun. As I made a full circle around the sun, I explained the months completing a full year at the end of the circle. I even used a torch light to explain about day/night and the season. Thanks to our travel experience, he was able to grasp the time difference between continents. He is proud of his model, he also brought it to his daycare for his show and tell. His teacher was mesmerized and explained to him that it was indeed a good model and he was able to explain it to his peers.
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