Mummy, are we there yet?
With over 200 hundred miles yet to travel, this question from the little darlings in the back can irritate the nerves unless you take some corrective.
On the outward journey the question was ‘Mummy, are we there yet?’ And, despite the fact that the holiday home was still four hours away, the question kept coming every five minutes. This certainly annoys the older kids and, tension within the confines of the car can start to rise.
The last thing the weary driver needs as she gives her full attention to the busy lanes, is someone distracting her.
Finding a way to keep the kids occupied is a must.
The ‘I Spy’ game is good for maybe half an hour although I remember one episode that lasted a lot longer thanks to a not so clever mix-up by my six year old.
She spied something beginning with w s and of course we all thought this meant windscreen. But windscreen it wasn’t and many miles later nobody got the answer. And what do you know, her nibs got her steering wheel and her windscreen muddled up! She lost some brownie points for that.
So when ‘I Spy’ is played out, what then? One option is to play Charades, and this can be good fun for a while too.
What then should we do to keep three restless kids occupied as we drive that long and boring journey to the seaside?
I read an article about audio books on the internet which gave me some ideas. Off to our local electronic shop to purchase the necessary gadgets Four MP3 players later and we now had the right tools to silence the little lambs!
The great thing about audiobooks is that you can load several of them onto each MP3 player so that there is enough material there for both journeys, there and back. Peace for hours for a small price.
The important thing to remember is not to download the same story on each iPod or MP3 player. Instead give them all something different so that they can swap them around eventually.
So, instead, invest a little in the MP3 players and get the kids help in the selection. MP3 players are not just for this trip.
Take a look at the recommended reading titles from your local high school or college, and you will find that many of the educational titles are readily available in audiobook format.
When they get a little older, the daily trips on the school bus could easily be put to good use by listening to some of the classic literature titles or language audiobooks from the curriculum.
audiobooks we selected: The Book of Pirates, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Chaos King, Groosam Grange, Coraline, and Alice in Wonderland. And, there are plenty of titles for the adults as well.~There really is a very wide choice of titles now on audio books, for example, nursery rhymes, action and adventure, ghost stories, romance, animals etc…Enough to keep the entire family occupied}
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