Ever since we last autumn started to talk about going to Sweden this winter to visit farmor and farfar, grandma and grandad, my son has been interested to know more about Sweden and especially where Sweden is and why it is always dark at our place and bright day is Sweden when we are doing video calls. On my phone I have put a lock screen-animation of the world showing what part of the world is in shadow and where the sun is shining. My son and I are often looking at it, pointing at the dark place where we are and looking at Sweden where the bright daylight is.
Then the other day I happened upon my old globe. I got it from my grandmother when I was in elementary school and I remember having it in my room using it as a cosy source of light in the evenings. Rediscovering it, my son and I could finally have a proper conversation about day and night, about the sun being in the shape of a ball, spinning as it is rotating around the sun. We ended up attaching some Lego figures to the globe and my son was the sun (as he actually almost always is) using a flashlight to illuminate the world. And as we rotated the globe we could see the day become night and as the sun set in Japan there was still daylight in Sweden.
This little science experience/experiment has made me very much looking forward to exploring more aspects of the world of science together with my son as his curiosity continues to grow and find new areas of wonder.
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