Things to Do while Riding in a Car
(Complied by Smootch and company)
a) Get out of car
b) Sing songs
c) Play eye spy
d) Have sticker puppet shows
e) Look at books
f) Count trees
g) Jam
h) Make fart noises
i) Snack
j) Have mama read outloud
k) Play peek a boo
l) Nap
m) Chit chat
n) Make up lists
(Complied by Smootch and company)
a) Get out of car
b) Sing songs
c) Play eye spy
d) Have sticker puppet shows
e) Look at books
f) Count trees
g) Jam
h) Make fart noises
i) Snack
j) Have mama read outloud
k) Play peek a boo
l) Nap
m) Chit chat
n) Make up lists
2 fantastic things for car rides with little kids: a roll of scotch tape, and a box of band-aids. Your car will be a mess, but just let them go to town. Opening, peeling, sticking, they love it!
ReplyDeleteI always keep a jar of bubble mixture in the front and on long trips use it with the air conditioning. They blow to the back of the car and can cheer anyone up! Even babies!
ReplyDeleteLove yhe fart noise option. We keep colors in a crayon roll, pages of their favorite characters an if we are feeling very brave, play-dough.
ReplyDeleteWe also like to play the rhyming game: One person picks a word, then everyone takes turns (or just shouts out) words that rhyme.
ReplyDeleteAnother recent game we have played is the numbers game. It started out as a way to get away from the rhyming game...
To my daughter I asked, "If I had 2 horses, and you had 3 horses, how many horses would be have together?" Turns out she loves numbers! She even liked having a turn where she creates the word problem. Subtraction was a little harder for her, but still pretty fun.
Oh, and audio books. Not sure if we could survive without Jack and Annie (The Magic Tree House Series).