Why do different cultures have distinct concepts of time?

People in different places think about time in different ways because they live with different habits and different rules, just like how some kids count to 10 and others count to 20 when playing games.

Imagine you have blocks that stack up. In one place, people might build their towers quickly, stacking block after block, they think time is something you rush through. But in another place, people take their time with each block, making sure it’s perfectly placed, to them, time is like a slow, steady game.

In some families, dinner starts when the sun goes down. In others, dinner happens at the same hour every day, no matter what the sky looks like. These are different ways of thinking about time, and they come from how people live, work, and play together.

So just like you might have a favorite way to count your toys or build your blocks, different cultures have their own special way of counting time, it all depends on what makes sense to them!