The MOON!

Feb22_2012005, originally uploaded by Chiara and James Hemsley.

Today at school, Norah and her class took an amazing journey to the moon! The parents got to see the moon that had been set up by teachers and other parents: It was a little room set off by black walls. To get there, the kids had to get in their rocket, which was 4 rows of 4 chairs on their backs (like the astronauts are when they launch). Then, they counted backward from 10, and blasted off while watching real footage of an actual rocket taking off. Then they went, in small groups onto the "moon", which meant they put on all their space gear, and entered the little room. Inside, they saw astronauts' footprints, the American flag, the big dipper, little dipper, Earth, and their own moon rocks that they had made.

Here is Norah showing off her space gear and her moon rock! She had a really fun time at school today!