Road Travel Games For Children
With more and more families staying in the United Kingdom this year, the dreaded long car journey is inevitable! Even a one-hour car journey can feel like a lifetime to a child, so it’s no surprise that 73% of British parents say they enjoy traditional car games, according to research by carhiremarket.com. To help parents with ideas on how to avoid the “are we nearly there yet?” chants, Carhiremarket.com has today launched a new guide to the best games to keep the kids occupied on any type of car journey.
The ‘Top Ten In-Car Game Guide’, available to download at http://www.carhiremarket.com/top-ten-in-car-games.aspx, offers some quick and convenient ways to ensure young passengers are entertained, without plugging in DVD or electronic entertainment.
The guide covers a range of games, from old favourites like i-spy, which 59% of parent drivers say tops their list, ‘spot and win’ activities and others on the more quirky side, including:
Duck – a bit of silly fun involving bridges
Pub Cricket – perfect for aiding maths skills
The Number Plate Game – concentrating this hard will keep the kids occupied for hours
Counting Cars – again perfect for getting in a little maths practice!
I-Spy – possibly the most well-known car game of them all.
As a parent of two young boys, I know that a long car journey can be a potential nightmare for some parents, since the success of the journey, often depends on the children’s moods at the time! Some children simply fall asleep as soon as the engine starts, but some (like my 6 year old) never sleeps in the car, no matter how far we’re going! However, with this in-car game guide it’s certainly made our car journeys more entertaining anda little less stressful! I would recommend this to other families for their next upcoming trip.