Oct 20 2010
Precisely What You Should Know Concerning Road Trips With Pre-Schoolers
Traveling with children, especially preschoolers can make for a very noisy trip. After hearing are we there yet? thirteen times in two miles, you might begin to wish you and your kids had just stayed home.
But, weary traveling parent, relax. There is hope. With a little bit of planning and forethought you can make your road trip something everyone will look forward to.
When children get bored they get cranky and hard to deal with. The night before the trip ask each child to choose three to five of their favorite toys to take in the car with them. Making a child part of the planning process will help them feel like they are more a part of the trip and be able to enjoy it more.
Don’t just let the kids choose everything, pack in a few surprises that you know the kids will love to mix things up a bit. Unexpected toys will help break the monotony of road travel. Coloring books and crayons, books, pocket games, window markers and play clay will help keep your child occupied.
Toys and games from home will only entertain for a few hours so have a few interesting and fun road games up your sleeve for this eventuality. Road games such as counting the number of blue cars or finding out of state travelers by their license plates. Spotting specific letters, such as who can spot the letter C the most times may have more appeal to the older kids. Try the round robin style of telling stories. The story starts with one sentence from one person who passes it on. As the story gets passed around each person will add to it.
You always know that when you’re in the middle of nowhere a child will complain that they are hungry. Everyone knows that kids who are hungry are the ones most difficult to deal with. Always be prepared with a cooler full of fun easy to eat snacks. Keep it healthy with fruit, peanut butter, sticks of vegetables such as carrots and celery. Cut some sandwiches into fun shapes. Choose drinks with a minimal amount of sugar for the trip. With no way to burn this excess energy off your kids will likely become hyper and restless. If you supply fruit juice make sure you don’t do it in a juice box or pouch. One squeeze and the enjoyment of the rest of your trip will be jeopardized when that juice sprays all over the car.
A road trip can be a great bonding experience for the whole family. Plan ahead with healthful snacks and fun activities and make the trip memorable for all of you.
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