What are local properties?

A local property is something that happens right where you are, not far away.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks on your floor. Each block has its own color and shape, but when you look at just one block, it doesn’t care about the block next to it or across the room. That’s a local property, it only affects what's right there, not everything else.

Think of your neighborhood: each house has its own mail, and each person does their own chores. If one kid forgets to water their plants, that doesn’t mean everyone’s plants are wilting. That’s like local properties in action, things only affect what's nearby.

If you're on the swings, you feel the wind pushing you forward, but the slide doesn’t know about your swing. It just does its own thing. That’s because each part of the playground has its own job and feels things differently, that’s local properties again!

So remember: when something happens right where you are, it's a local property!