Growney
Travel
Countries, languages, maps and festivals. How to open up the world to a child before the first trip.
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How to teach a child to read a map. Games at home and outdoors
How to teach a child to read a map without drills. What scale, the key and the compass rose mean, what research says about young children and maps, and five games.
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How to say hello in ten languages. A travel game to play at home
What "ciao", "namaste", and "kia ora" actually mean, why people bow in Japan and touch noses in New Zealand, and a fun world-travel game for your living room.
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Why do countries have different times? Explaining it to a child
Why is it already evening in Kyiv but still daytime in London? A simple guide to time zones, the Prime Meridian, and the date line, complete with a lamp and orange experiment.