Friday, September 3, 2010 8:05 a.m.
What do you do to fill the time in the van when driving 6000 miles with children?
Here is our arsenal of activities:
1. String Games
2. Yahtzee
3. Dutch Blitz, UNO and Mille Bornes (for the campsite).
4. Magnetic games and a checker set.
5. Kids' books: Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, for sure. Family Fun's Games on the Go. Mad Libs.
6. A separate journal binder for each child to record what happened each day. Complete with a pouch with colored pencils, pens, markers, pencil sharpener.
7. Mommy will keep up her read alouds. I am finishing up The Witch's Brat by Rosemary Sutcliff (this book was a kind gift from Linda, my bloggy friend in Scotland. You can check out her beautiful blog, Occasional Scotland, here).
8. Other books we hope to read are: The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson; The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford; How God Sent a Dog to Save a Family by Joel Beeke.
9. We will continue our learning of the Westminster Catechism while riding in the van, using Training Hearts, Teaching Minds, by Starr Meade. And of course, the Bible.
10. There will be books for me to read silently to myself. They are The Red Tent by Anita Diamant; Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges; and Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal, by T. David Gordon.
11. And then, of course, there is the Sirius Radio receiver full of commercial-free music. I guess I'm cheating - that's electronic!
You know, I just feel that much more secure when we have plenty of good books to read, you know what I mean?
What do you do to fill the time in the van when driving 6000 miles with children?
Here is our arsenal of activities:
1. String Games
2. Yahtzee
3. Dutch Blitz, UNO and Mille Bornes (for the campsite).
4. Magnetic games and a checker set.
5. Kids' books: Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, for sure. Family Fun's Games on the Go. Mad Libs.
6. A separate journal binder for each child to record what happened each day. Complete with a pouch with colored pencils, pens, markers, pencil sharpener.
7. Mommy will keep up her read alouds. I am finishing up The Witch's Brat by Rosemary Sutcliff (this book was a kind gift from Linda, my bloggy friend in Scotland. You can check out her beautiful blog, Occasional Scotland, here).
8. Other books we hope to read are: The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson; The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford; How God Sent a Dog to Save a Family by Joel Beeke.
9. We will continue our learning of the Westminster Catechism while riding in the van, using Training Hearts, Teaching Minds, by Starr Meade. And of course, the Bible.
10. There will be books for me to read silently to myself. They are The Red Tent by Anita Diamant; Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges; and Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal, by T. David Gordon.
11. And then, of course, there is the Sirius Radio receiver full of commercial-free music. I guess I'm cheating - that's electronic!
You know, I just feel that much more secure when we have plenty of good books to read, you know what I mean?
1 comments:
That's quite a creative list. Glad you're enjoying the book.
And will you buy books along the way? There's something special about books that you buy when on holiday. I have a soft spot for the books we bought when we were in LA - the bookshop visits were enjoyed by the whole family, my poor husband not least because it was air conditioned!