Are we there yet?

Our two oldest are now 6 and 8, and hitting that age when they would happily sit on electronic devices for hours on end.

Now I don't have a problem with the kids using them (in moderation) but we have a no computer game rule in the car.

So we have had to come up with a few strategies to keep them occupied when travelling.

1. The sign game.

We have to find a sign with a word starting with A, then B, C you get the picture.

It's Great for there reading skills as they have to call out the word, also the alphabet, and even better it last for ages.

2. My sons favorite - the rainbow game

Starting at red - you have to find cars in the colour of the rainbow.

We started this when our oldest was still at kinder so our rainbow order is thanks to a Mickey Mouse episode.

Red, yellow, orange green blue

Don't forget the purple too

It has progressed now, My kids go through the colours once looking for cars, then signs, then it might be things in the car.

3. The list

We write a huge list of things to find along the trip and give the kids 3 at a time to look out for. We find 3 works well as if one is tricky it keeps them occupied

Some from today's list

Sheep

A blue roof.

This had the kids searching for a while til they realised that all cars had roofs, and they quickly found a blue car.

Wind turbines / windmills

Others they found were

Red car

Dump truck

Sign

Caravan (not ours)

4. An oldey but a goodey. Eye spy. 

Kids love it, although once again they have adapted it to have bonus rounds, when they say I spy in my imagination..... Those bonus rounds can get a bit tricky :-)

5. Finally if all else fails we put on a DVD. As that doesn't count as a video game right.