Games For Travel From Minimus Games
September 11, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Road Trip Travel Toy
Long car trips can be boring for kids. There are only so many times you can stand to hear “Are we there yet?” We travel quite a bit during the summer, whenever we have the opportunity we head out to the lake, or to the ocean.
When we head out for long trips I always try to make sure we’ve packed something for my son to do during the ride. Travel games are great, when it’s just him he enjoys playing solitary games, but sometimes we have one or both of our nephews along for the ride.
Minimus Games has some of …read more
Children’s Books for Every Occasion: Travel
April 8, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Special Occasion Books
Nothing’s more annoying than whining kids in a n enclosed vehicle whether it be a car, a bus, a boat, or a plane. One way to pass the time is to read a good book and Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester would be very appropriate.
From Booklist:
Eight-year-old Grace, her parents, and her two brothers embark on a six-month-long journey to tour their country, Australia. Driving around the perimeter of the continent (except when they plunge into the Outback to visit places such as Alice Springs and Uluru) they drive, swim, hike, enjoy zoos, museums, and tourist sites; observe …read more
Children’s Books for Every Occasion: Parents on Business Trips
March 26, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Special Occasion Books
My husband travels a bit for work. Although our three-year-old doesn’t verbalize how he feels when daddy’s not here, I can tell from his behavior that he’s out of sorts. So when I found Daddy on the Moon by Cressida Cowell, I knew it would be perfect for my space-crazy boy. Just like the little boy in the book, S can imagine his father flying home in a rocket ship instead of an ordinary airplane. I’m sure he’s hoping Daddy will take him along one of these days.
