Our little expeditions - Constellations

Siva had a portable planetaurium show at his school and he is all the more excited about Universe and planets and constellations, even though he cannot pronounce it correctly.

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When we googled in to see the 'Great bear' , he immediately pointed out the Great dipper. He is a bit confused about which way it is pointing. And I almost burst into tears . Not because of seeing my son's brilliance. But it is just impossible for me to see it , no matter however hard I try. ( Not even with the line drawn connecting those stars. )

If possible I would have borrowed his eyes for a while . Just to see the constellation at least for once. For me , stars are just.. well, beautiful bright spots scattered in the sky. I can see and savor their beauty but I cannot see their alignments.

Three dimensional view of anything is one of Siva's greatest strength and it is one of my greatest weakness. I cannot help wondering what a nice pair we make. " Mannankattayum Kariyilayum " !

From the Great bear we moved on to Polar bear- North Pole - Arctic and Antarctic regions - Near to the bear - Polar bear- Away from the bear - penguins- Penguins live in South Pole because there are no predators there on land - They make nest with pebbles and bones . And from there we moved on to the countries near the polar region.