Astronomy outreach activity at nursery school
Akihiko Tomita
Wakayama University, Japan
Abstract
We can meet people of three categories at nursery school; children before elementary school, parents of them, and teachers of nursery school. For the children, astronomy is one of contents that can improve their awareness of nature and environment. For the adults, astronomy is one of contents that can remind them of wonder of nature and environment. I have been doing the outreach activity at a nursery school in Osaka, Japan, for four years. The popular topics for both the children and the adults are (1) story about season-changing of the heaven coupled with that on the Earth, (2) star lores, (3) imaginary trip to other worlds in the solar system with exciting paintings. Through the activity, both the children and the adults have more interest to look up and see the sky, day and night.