Journey Cassette
Any tips for surviving a long car journey with 3 small children?
We are going on holiday over Christmas, the journey is about 6 hours, but of course we will be stopping quite a bit as I'm 6 months pregnant (I'm not driving so presumably its me that has to sort out the fighting at the back). We have 3 children aged 3, 6 and 8 in the back of the car - it is a bit squashed, waiting till January to get a people carrier! The cassette player has just broken so I can't use it to drown out the screams, dvd players sound great but we don't have one, any ideas for keeping sane?
Unfortunately we can't travel at night as check in is 4pm.
Here's a variation on I spy, You say 'My shepherd spied something that goes, and then you make the sound. Is it a cow or a vacuum player That You are imitating? And you needn't stop at things, there are also people that you can imitate.
Kids love to be by the window. So before you go teach the kids how to change round the booster seats so everyone has a turn at sitting in the middle.
Singing can pass a few miles, but a good repetoire of songs is needed.
The counting songs such as this old man he played one, and one man went to mow, ten green bottles. Of course the twelve days of Christmas and green grow the rushes o. Just make sure you have someone who knows the words
Then there are endless possiblities with the wheels on the bus, like the fishes on the bus go swim, swam swim, the elephant on the bus goes swish swash swish, the crocodile goes snap snap snap, and the lift on the bus is out of order.
Vary your route. Don't just keep to the dual carriageways, and look out for landmarks that will show your porgress, so that you are not nearly there until you have seen such and such
A toned down version of twenty questions is good. Basically You Think of an object and the others have to guess it but you can only answer yes or no, You don't worry too much about the number of questions and you may have to give a hint, like 'You could ask Am I wearing one now? or, Is there one in the kitchen? The catagories can be man made, natural, edible, as well as the more traditional animal mineral vegetable.
Find your name with number plates. Pub cricket. You get a run if the pub sign involves legs and out if it doesn't
If you are determined to enjoy rather than endure the journey it will rub off on the kids. If you are going to have fun they will want to be in on the action.
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The 1982 Saba Journey cassette player
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