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Thứ Sáu, 27 tháng 4, 2018

Play Car Games Which Are Fun And Educational

By Kimberly Clark


If the movies are to be believed, road trips are either a complete disaster or the best fun you can have in your life. The reality of a long journey is finding ways to combat the boredom. Travelling with young children can be particularly trying and one way to keep them happy is to play car games.

Babies and toddlers might sleep through a long trip or be content with nursery songs and a toy. Modern teens will entertain themselves with their phone or tablet by listening to music or taking selfies to share with friends. Between the ages of around five and thirteen it is trickier to keep their mind off when they might arrive at your destination.

There are many things you can do to keep the kids occupied on your trip. For journeys where there is plenty to see you can make a checklist for each child of things they might see. The child who ticks most things from their list is the winner. Tailor the list to the things you might encounter but require them to pay attention. Hunting for farm vehicles in New York might prove difficult just as a yellow cab in unlikely in Ohio.

You can help your children learn their multiplication tables with a number game. Take turns saying the next number in a sequence or count from one to a hundred but replace the numbers that divide by four with a funny word. Decide which tables are appropriate for the age of the children. Maybe the youngest says a word on all the fives and the eldest has to say another word for prime numbers. There can be many ways to keep score or simply see how far from the start you can get.

Name that tune is a popular game to play and you do not need a piano or music. Hum the start of a tune and see who guesses quickest. This can be extremely funny and almost impossible if the person humming is not very musical. Twist things around and try TV show themes or movie music. The possibilities are endless.

Journeys on the freeway can be particularly dull. Miles and miles of road and cars and little else to see. Pick a color that is unusual like pink or orange and the first person to spot a vehicle that color gets to set the next thing to look for. It might be a RV or cow in a field depending on where you are driving.

On busy holidays and when weather is bad you may find yourself stuck in traffic. On the freeway you can look out for a person wearing glasses or with red hair. Again, the person who spots first gets to pick the next thing to look for. Alternately each have a different thing to spot and whoever gets to ten first wins.

A Long journey does not have to be boring or end up with the family arguing. A little planning and a pen and paper for the children and they can easily be entertained. It can also be a fun way for them to learn their times tables.




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