Kids on Board, Part C

My own map. At home, give kids paper and pencil to draw out a map of your route, adding street signs and landmarks as they come to them. They can compare their maps with a real one that you brought along too.

True friends. Talk about what a true friend really is. Imagine the greatest friend on earth. What do real friends do for you? How do they help you? How can you be a true friend to others? Tell what you can do with your friends. Who is your best friend and why?

Quotation of the day. Bring along a copy of a quotation book. Every day read a quotation or two and discuss what it means and how it applies to each person. Search for quotations at home and in school and discuss those too.

I see, you see. One person says what he sees. The next person says what he sees. They go back and forth quickly, but cannot repeat anything that has been said already.

20 questions. Or Animal, vegetable, mineral. It's always interesting!

All grown up. Imagine what it would be like if you were all grown up. What would be your occupation? Where would you live? What kind of family would you have? What kind of clothes would you wear to work? What would you like as birthday presents?

Repeat after me. Say a sequence of numbers or words (related or not) that are out of order. Each person repeats the sequence back to you and scores a point each time it's right. Then you continue by adding on more and more to the sequence.

Road sign addition. Add up the numbers on a road sign that you see. Find out which person has the highest-totaling numbers.

I can't wait to type up more ideas for traveling in cars with kids. Of course, many of these events can be done in trains, planes, and boats as well. And you can book all of them at www.kingarthur.myttn.com today!