The same sky everywhere

Ages 0 to 2 A grown-up reads and plays along · about 10 minutes

Read together

Look up! The sky is big.

The sun is up in the day. The moon comes at night.

Do it

1. Go to a window or outside, in the day or at dusk.
2. Look up with your child. Say “sky”, “cloud”, “bird”, “sun”, “moon”, “star”, as you see them.
3. At night, look at the moon from a window. Say, “The moon sees you. It sees children all over the world.”
4. Do not look at the sun. Look at the light and the shadows instead.

Talk about it

• What can you see in the sky?
• Who else is looking at the same moon?

For the grown-up

Children everywhere share one sun, one moon and one sky. It is a first lesson in the world being one home. Many families say a short thank-you for the sky.

Mark as done

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Where this comes from

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), guidance on eye safety when viewing the Sun
• American Academy of Ophthalmology, guidance on protecting the eyes from sun-gazing and solar viewing

Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed. Please read it before sharing it with a child.