A terrific exploration of Israel from the Bible Belt Balabusta:

 "A hands-on introduction to Israel’s topography, place names and its location as regards the rest of the world. Salt dough is cheap, fast, messy and, barring any sensory processing issues, super-fun to play with. Salt dough maps are an oldie but a goodie, and need no cooking, no baking.

Kids looked at wall maps, relief maps, a globe, a world map and photographs to get visual impressions, and then had to build and sculpt a 3-D version within a large pan. Our topographical details were not precisely “to scale,” but as long as Mt. Hermon was the highest point and the Dead Sea was the lowest, it didn’t matter. What mattered was that everyone work together to convert pictures into a tactile representation. Other jobs included mixing colors (for neighboring countries) and creating signs on toothpick posts."

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