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How to Keep Kids Occupied in the Car on a Road Trip..

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Summer is quickly approaching and the hubs and I are tentatively planning a road trip a bit across country. We'll be starting at home, coming from Tulsa, OK, and heading out west. We may or may not make it as far as the Pacific, but there are a few things we'd like to see.

 

Possibly the Grand Canyon, maybe Yosemite. Heck, if we make it all the way to Yosemite, then maybe we'll have to see the ocean.

 

Meanwhile, I'm thinking.. that's a looooong car trip! I've got to have a plan.

 

I have 3 kiddos, twins aged 15, (one boy, one girl), and a 9 year old boy. I'm thinking I'll mainly need snack plans, lots of family game options, and ways for them to entertain themselves alone (including technology of course).

 

Snack ideas should not take up too much room and I'm going to try to stay as healthy as I can (that's the main challenge). Family game options - I'm thinking Pinterest ideas and mad libs!

 

And - for the technology, I'll go by my own advice with the resources I dug up for best tablet for kids - not just for games, but also for reading. (I plan to make them read at least some!)

 

Any other thoughts on what big ideas I need to consider for traveling with older kids? 

 

Can't wait until summer!

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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

My kids are now 17 and 18 years old Amy Brotherman and they always like games like "I spy with my little eye" and playing word games involving the 1st 3 letters on a license plate. Both of my kids are also readers and either brought books (both prefer books) or their Kindles.

Apr 17, 2019 11:21 AM
Amy Brotherman

We love these too! Sometimes it's the simpler games that are the most fun. I am working on getting my kids to become better readers!

Apr 18, 2019 05:52 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Amy, it has been a long time since I had young ones on a road trip, but great post.

Apr 24, 2019 01:08 PM
Amy Brotherman
My Three Readers - Tulsa, OK
Educational Blogger for Beginning Readers

Thank you!

May 02, 2019 05:40 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Amy Brotherman I wish all the stuff that is available today was available when my two boys were growing up.  We would drive every year from CT to see my in-laws in GA, about 950 miles each way.  Back they it was mainly listening to cassette tapes.  I think I have memorized every Muppet song, and Jeff Foxworthy red neck joke

May 02, 2019 03:59 PM