Kids Car Games
Traveling with kids for long car rides is not always easy. They get antsy, they fight, they just want to get to destination. Though today you can find a lot of technology to make the trip seem shorter, it is also a good idea to plan a few games to interact with them along the road. After all they can watch their DVD at home! So keep them for the time, where you just don’t have another way out! Here is a list of fun kids car games that can make the trip a little more fun and shorter for your children!
Kids Car Game: I Spy
In this kids car game, you take turn at selecting something out of the car and describe it by it shape or color. Then you say “I spy something… round, or tall , or green” and the other must guess what you selected. The one who gets it right, gets to spy next. And so on..
Kids Car Game: Spot the Alphabet
A great game to review the alphabet for younger and make them learn new words or practice the one they are learning is “spot the alphabet”. This kids car game is about spotting things on the road and around that start with the letters of the alphabet, going in order. A : ambulance, B: bicycle, C: cow…. T: tree… you go one after the other.
Kids Car Game: License Plate
Another popular kids car game is the License Plate game. You can make your kids search for the most states on license plates. Or you can give a number or a letter and they will have to look for a plate with the number and letter. For older kids you can make it more challenging and give a letter and number together, or 2 letters or numbers… You can keep track of who gets most of the plates and give a prize at the end.
Kids Car Game: Find what’s on the list
You can also plan kids car games ahead of time. An easy one you can do for kids that can already read is to make a list of things they will have to find during the trip and the one that spots the most things on the list wins. If your kids can’t read yet you can do the same with images instead. You can put things as a red car, a tree, a gas station, a stop sign on the list…. Whatever you think of and you know you will pass sooner or later on the road.
Kids Car Game: Guess What I think about
Another fun kids car game is “Guess what I think about”. This car game is good for younger kids to learn how to focus and listen. It also helps them practice shapes and colors. First, one of you thinks about an animal or an object and tell the other the category. Then, one after the other you ask a question to find out more. He /she can only answer with yes or no. For example, if you think about a cat, the other could ask does it has feathers? No, is it big? No, does it have a tail? Yes… and so on, until one finds out what you were thinking about. Then you move to the next player and start guessing with the other.
Kids Car Game: Stop the Music
Music is always fun for kids. If you have some of their favorite music on CDs, you can play “stop the music”. This car game is always fun! They have to sing the song along with the music and you can stop the music when ever and they have to know the lyrics following. This can be a game for older kids, but if you have CDs with songs for youngsters they may like it as well, and it can be a good way to teach them the songs and train their memory! If this is too challenging, you can tell them to “freeze”, as soon as the music stops. It will be funny to see how everybody gets “stuck”.
Kids Car Game: Car Color Competition
The “Car Color Competition” game is the kids car game where they each pick a car color and have to count the cars of that color they see over a certain period of time. You give them a mile, or 5 minutes… to find as many cars possible. This is a great game for kids learning to count, and to help them review colors.
Kids Car Game: Writing games
Other possibilities of kids’ car games are writing games. This is not always possible as some children get carsick or get headaches from writing or reading in the car. But if they can handle it, those games can give you a little rest time for yourself without putting them in front of a DVD! You can print some Tic Tac Toe pages, or they can play hang man, or even color books. You can also ask them to write down things you see to work on their spelling. And if they can really handle reading, ask them to read story out loud to one another!
Car rides don’t have to always be long and boring. Plan kids car games, and you will see, the ride will not only seem shorter for your kids, but for you as well!
