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Certainly!!

I'm glad I could turn someone else on to it!!

Cool story;
I was baby sitting my 4-1/2yr old niece a few weeks back, I opened up Google Earth & zoomed into my sister's back yard. I started pointing things out to my niece until she started to recognize that it was her backyard on the computer screen.
Then I zoomed out to where we could see the whole block - then the neighborhood - Then all the way over to my house - then up to where we could see how far away it was to get to grandma's house in another state & she commented on now knowing why we have to take a plane to get there!!
Once she was recognizing & understanding what she was seeing each time, I would zoom out a little more, until she could see the whole Earth.

This blew her little mind like I've never seen with anyone, or anywhere before!!!
Remember, she is only 4-1/2 years old!!! But she understood what she was seeing & played around the globe, in amazement for over an hour!!!
She would check one thing out & then an idea of something else she wanted to see would pop into her head & she would ask me to show her where it was.
Like her school for instance, after she was recognizing her block, she asked me to show her where her school was. Then she used her finger to trace the path she walks from her house, to the school a few blocks away!!
It was so inspiring to watch the little 4yr old lightbulb come on each time she would finaly recognize what she was seeing & that leading to more questions & other stuff she wanted to check out!!

I also began to show her the sky, starting with a view like we can see outside her house, then zooming way out to see what those stars really are!!
She was digging on that too, but didn't understand it as much.
Plus after about 5 minutes, she told me that it all looked the same...I guess to a 4 year old it probably does.:lol:

Thought I'd share that with you guy's too, it really opened her eyes to the larger world that is around her.
She has asked me questions about it a few times since then, such a cool little girl!!

WS

<blockquote data-quote="WSaged" data-source="post: 3271989" data-attributes="member: 370">Certainly!!I&#039;m glad I could turn someone else on to it!!Cool story;I was baby sitting my 4-1/2yr old niece a few weeks back, I opened up Google Earth &amp; zoomed into my sister&#039;s back yard.&nbsp; I started pointing things out to my niece until she started to recognize that it was her backyard on the computer screen.Then I zoomed out to where we could see the whole block - then the neighborhood - Then all the way over to my house - then up to where we could see how far away it was to get to grandma&#039;s house in another state &amp; she commented on now knowing why we have to take a plane to get there!!Once she was recognizing &amp; understanding what she was seeing each time, I would zoom out a little more, until she could see the whole Earth.This blew her little mind like I&#039;ve never seen with anyone, or anywhere before!!!Remember, she is only 4-1/2 years old!!!&nbsp; But she understood what she was seeing &amp; played around the globe, in amazement for over an hour!!!&nbsp; She would check one thing out &amp; then an idea of something else she wanted to see would pop into her head &amp; she would ask me to show her where it was.&nbsp; Like her school for instance, after she was recognizing her block, she asked me to show her where her school was.&nbsp; Then she used her finger to trace the path she walks from her house, to the school a few blocks away!!&nbsp; It was so inspiring to watch the little 4yr old lightbulb come on each time she would finaly recognize what she was seeing &amp; that leading to more questions &amp; other stuff she wanted to check out!!I also began to show her the sky, starting with a view like we can see outside her house, then zooming way out to see what those stars really are!!She was digging on that too, but didn&#039;t understand it as much.&nbsp; Plus after about 5 minutes, she told me that it all looked the same...I guess to a 4 year old it probably does.:lol: Thought I&#039;d share that with you guy&#039;s too, it really opened her eyes to the larger world that is around her.She has asked me questions about it a few times since then, such a cool little girl!!WS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WSaged, post: 3271989, member: 370"] Certainly!! I'm glad I could turn someone else on to it!! Cool story; I was baby sitting my 4-1/2yr old niece a few weeks back, I opened up Google Earth & zoomed into my sister's back yard. I started pointing things out to my niece until she started to recognize that it was [u][b]her[/b][/u] backyard on the computer screen. Then I zoomed out to where we could see the whole block - then the neighborhood - Then all the way over to my house - then up to where we could see how far away it was to get to grandma's house in another state & she commented on now knowing why we have to take a plane to get there!! Once she was recognizing & understanding what she was seeing each time, I would zoom out a little more, until she could see the whole Earth. This blew her little mind like I've never seen with anyone, or anywhere before!!! Remember, she is only 4-1/2 years old!!! But she understood what she was seeing & played around the globe, in amazement for over an hour!!! She would check one thing out & then an idea of something else she wanted to see would pop into her head & she would ask me to show her where it was. Like her school for instance, after she was recognizing her block, she asked me to show her where her school was. Then she used her finger to trace the path she walks from her house, to the school a few blocks away!! It was [i][b]so inspiring[/b][/i] to watch the little [i]4yr old lightbulb[/i] come on each time she would finaly recognize what she was seeing & that leading to more questions & other stuff she wanted to check out!! I also began to show her the sky, starting with a view like we can see outside her house, then zooming way out to see what those stars really are!! She was digging on that too, but didn't understand it as much. Plus after about 5 minutes, she told me that it all looked the same...I guess to a 4 year old it probably does.:lol: Thought I'd share that with you guy's too, it really opened her eyes to the larger world that is [i][b]around[/b][/i] her. She has asked me questions about it a few times since then, such a cool little girl!! WS [/QUOTE]