As one of our introductions to the story of Purim that took place in Shushan, Persia, we learned about the 7 continents. It is important to have context for a story, especially if it happened long ago, and probably has no real association to our time and place. We don't necessarily relate to Kings and Queens, Palaces and Castles, do we? So how about relating to the concept of a country, city and or state far away.
We went from the USA in North America to Georgia as a state in the USA and Atlanta as a city in Georgia and then our home in Atlanta.
This lesson came in handy when Mina was going for Shabbos to her grandma in North Carolina. She wanted to see how far she will have to travel. She was able to take out the map of Georgia and then the entire USA map and together with Morah find her distance and destination. Please talk to your children about distances and cities and countries, etc and report back to us, about any new knowledge.
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