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Car travel with children is not an
adventure to be taken lightly. Whether your road
trip is a two-hour jaunt or a two-week vacation to
the Rocky Mountains, your success depends on your
travel
Here are some of the best car
games that will help make the trip more enjoyable
for EVERYONE.
1. Counting Cows, Horses, Elk,
Deer, Sheep (depending on where you live)
Divide into teams. Decide on your destination for
the end of the counting session. Count the cows on
your side of the road. Winner has the highest number
when you reach your destination.
2. Twenty Questions
One player thinks of a person, place or thing.
Everyone else gets to ask twenty "yes" or "no"
questions to figure it out. Winner gets the next
turn to think up something.
3. Scavenger Hunts
Create a list of ten scavenger items: a bridge, blue
car, red truck, mountain, bus, etc. The members of
each team work together to find all of the items on
their list. The winners get a treat.
4. Alphabet Words
Find a word on a sign that begins with the letter
"A" and work your way through the alphabet.
5. Geography
You start any place in the world. The first player
chooses the starting place, for example,
"California." The next person has to name a place
that starts with the last letter of the first place
or in this case the last letter of California. So
the next person might say, "Alaska." You may only
use a place once in each game.
Remember, your kids will be
telling stories about the family vacation for years
to come. Give them something to talk about!
Merle O'Brien is a teacher/tutor
in Aspen Colorado.After having a baby, I decided to
create an inforamtional site to help families
visiting the Aspen area find fun things to
do.Recently I created www.aspenchocolates.com to
sell my personalized candy wrappers.
http://www.aspen4kids.com
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