What planet is this, anyway?

I had a group of tiny ones again today. There is a day care right on campus, and they stopped by.

They had been talking about space and science in day care, so I figured I'd test their knowledge before I got going...

"For part of today we're going to talk about planets. We live on a planet. Does anyone know what planet we live on?"

It was quiet for a moment, until on boy yelled out, "Jupiter!"

"Jupiter is a planet, but we live on a different one. What planet do we live on?"

It was quiet again. A girl got an excited look on her face and yelled out, "New Jersey!"

Urf.


After I cleared up the name of our planet, I went on and told them to watch the ceiling to see our fake sky appear. I told them they would see the moon, and some stars.

As it got darker, I asked, "Has anyone seen anything, yet?"

One kid told me, "I seen the moon!!" And he pointed at it.

"Has anyone seen anything else?"

Another kid: "I seen Spiderman 2!"

"That's great," I said.


An aside: One of the chaperones (so she had to be either a teacher OR a mother) had on an extra-tight red t-shirt which simply said: "maybe if you ask nice" printed across the front. I thought it slightly inappropriate for pre-school chaperone wear. Maybe it's just me.