Dr. Robert Agnew (a Professor of Music and Humanities at Edison State College in Piqua, Ohio) wrote an article “Ancient Humanity and the Night Sky” in which he talks about the understanding of astronomy and, though, he says, “there is much still to learn about ancient Egypt and ancient China, it appears that their understanding of astronomy was already quite advanced as much as five-thousand years ago.”
When introducing your children to the night sky and our solar system, you will have many good articles to ready by Dr. Agnew at: http://www.abc-learningfun4u.com/astronomytalk.html where most of his articles, according to what he says, are dealing with the night sky and how we understand it using telescopes.
Our ancestors and early sailors used the night sky for navigation way before telescopes were ever thought of. I am always amazed when I remember how many hundreds of miles were sailed and navigated with only the stars that God put in our sky.
Because of ancient peoples who sailed the seas and oceans and their love of the heavenly sky, their curiosity and endurance to face hardships led to many discoveries of faraway lands such as America.
ZOOM TO THE MOON: Get your child one of our children’s wooden toys from our selection of playsets. As you teach your children about space and our planets their lessons will be enhanced when playing with our 5 X 8” Velcro-closure rocketship. Receive seven wooden figures including aliens and two space people along with the rocketship.
Travel in our sky, the inventions of airplanes and rocket ships, are only possible because of years of trial and error that men and women paid for with their lives. We should never take their sacrifices lightly.
Make sure to visit the link above and read many interesting articles to help in your children’s education. Dr. Agnew has written such articles as: “Music and the Stars”, “Ancient Rocks”, “Ghosts of the Night”, and more and you may read them by clicking on the links.
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