Car journeys require a lot of planning. Especially, if it is a family ride with children whose boredom levels can be put to test. While my children were very small, we had the car seat which proved to a hindrance to our smooth rides. Indian railways wish to deter our vacation plans by maintaining their 4 month advanced booking. So we are left with no choice but to resort to our car journeys. Over the years we have cut the luggage and food bag by half on experience. I refrain my children from carrying more than 2 to 3 toy sets. I keep a creative bag so they focus on their artistic side.
These are the contents in their bag:
Story books
A set of crayons/sketch pens
Few doodle pads
Copy coloring books
Activity books, felt busy books
Sticker books
Board games
I felt during school time, kids concentrate on outdoor play and do not play mindful games. My lo is 3 who loves sorting/building blocks and pretend play games. In the car she gets restless and wish to come to the front seat. She shuffles between coloring and requesting for music. My son who is 8 in into pokemon card collection and bey blades. He too will rotate all the contents of the bag judiciously. Then at times they get restless.
With trial and error, I came across these games-
20 questions - It is a guessing game where the child asks 20 questions and you tell yes or no....By the end of all questions, the child has to guess name, animal or object.
Buzz - Better version of tables. At multiples of all numbers, you have to say buzz in turns. If you tell the number by mistake you get ousted .
I spy game - Where you spot maximum objects on basis of some condition. For eg 3 red cars, 2 monkeys on the tree, 3 fruit trucks etc
Then you have paper games like Name, place, animal and thing, hangman, dot game, word search and tic-tac-toe which can extend the hunger pangs.
And yes, thank God for brands like McDonald's, Cafe Coffee Day ...My son is sure not to miss it. He has never felt kms as dear to him as before !
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