By Kirby & Lynsey on Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Category: Parenting

Travelling with Littles

Travelling with children can be a special time, even on a road trip! The kids have the potential to triple their vocabulary on a week-long car trip if that's what is chosen to work on. Relationships among family members can improve with interactive car games. Whether infant, toddler, or early elementary, littles can have fun and leap ahead in cognitive development and fine motor skills while en route to your holiday destination.

While technology is a very handy tool to have when travelling, make sure your children are not on their devices the whole travel time. Pack a backpack/travel bag per child that they may fill with their travel treasures. Elementary age children can usually make independent choices on what to leave and what is important to bring. This may include dolls (with add-ins of ribbons, pieces of fabric, etc.) that would be useful for making up stories so be sure to include several that can interact with each other. Comic books, graphic novels, magazines, coloring books, and educational workbooks are all lightweight for easier transportation. Crayons are recommended over markers for use in the car but be sure to keep them in a baggie in case there is weather hot enough to melt them.

A separate family trip bag can be filled with toys that are never seen except for on a trip. These toys might be:

Things that cannot be packed but are just as fun:

Once you've reached your destination, celebrate! A tradition on family camping trips was to visit a nearby grocery for ice cream and cones to dig into when we got settled in. If you're in nature, encourage the children to carry on their play from the car such as making sticks into log cabins for their dolls. If you're at the beach, they can dig in the sand or make race boats out of whatever they can find. The play only continues and there were fun memories made not only at the destination but along the way.

 

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