How Do You Use Business Travel To Teach Kids Geography?
Business travel isn’t fun for kids. They miss the absent parent and have trouble conceptualizing when the parent will return, especially if the children are very young. But you can use your business travels to teach your kids about where you’re traveling to keep them engaged and connected with you while you’re away. It’s also a useful tool for learning about other cultures and modern forms of transit. Find where you’re going. Use a map or a globe to find it in relation to where you live. This teaches map-reading skills as well as showing the kids the varying sizes of countries, how capitals are recognized, where centers for your business exist as well as engaging their interest. Talk about how long it will take to get there and how you’ll get there. Geography is the study of how to get to other places, not merely how to read a map.This gives kids a sense of perspective, too, about where they live and how people get from place to place. Research online about the location. This will make
