We’re on a cross-country road trip with our 5-year-old who has a bladder the size of a pea. When he needs to go, he needs to go immediately lest we suffer the consequences of the great flood inside our car. We’ve seen our share of frightful potties along the way. The open-air rest stops in the desert always worry me, especially when I see the “watch for rattlesnakes” signs. But I was at a complete loss when in the vast emptiness of west Teas my son announce, “I gotta go.” There probably wasn’t an exit in sight for another 60 …read more

More years ago than I wish to admit, when I was not quite a year old, my parents packed up the birdshit white Volkswagen Camper and drove from Southern California, up through Canada to Flushing, New York. My father was beginning a post-doctorate fellowship in immunology, and my mother was escaping to some semblance of independence from a family she’d been bound to since birth. This was the days before car seats and other safety devices (before air conditioning was standard in cars, too) and my father was thrilled to have developed this net-like contraption that would latch on the …read more

It’s Spring Break season and that means one of two things:
1.  You’re going to be traveling and in need of items to keep the kids entertained on the trip
or
2.  You’re going to be staying at home and still in need of ideas to keep the kids preoccupied
Either way, Printables4Kids has a little something for everyone.
If you have more than one child, you might consider paying a visit to the Everything for a Dollar store and buying up little prizes to award.
Give the kids the same worksheets and whoever wins gets a prize.
This can be both entertaining, educational and an inexpensive …read more