Reading on the Move
We are in the midst of the summer school holidays here in the UK. There will be many families doing many miles all over these isles, via various modes of transport, as they travel from place-to-place, in their respective attempts to entertain the children.
Holidaying inside the UK has perhaps never been more popular, especially due to the current financial climate, although the good old British weather is doing its level best to promote holidays abroad.
This means there will be many folks, up and down the country – quite literally – spending time in cars, buses, coaches, trucks, on trains or even on our waterways. While many parts of the UK are beautiful and quite wonderful to gaze upon as we travel around it, sadly, this alone is generally not enough to keep the children occupied.
It can be a battle to keep little, yet vast, minds occupied, and all activities have a limited attention occupation, even those newfangled ones, electronic games, portable DVD players, those things that can also eat batteries, or battery power, like nothing else.
There are classic car games, like I-Spy and counting different colour cars. These are great as everyone can take part, even the driver, as long as they are able to still focus on the driving. And they do not need any props.
Games that need simple props, like pencils and paper, include tic-tac-toe and hangman, again great alternatives to pass some minutes.
It is also a great time to read, to get lost in a book, or even use time to find out about where you are going, what activities are available and how you go about doing them. Or perhaps, if you have taken a summer reading challenge travel time provides a great opportunity to catch up on your choices.
Not everyone will enjoy reading whilst on the move, especially as some will be travel sick, or actually feel ill as they try to focus on the words of a book, or in the detail of an illustration.
For those people there are always audio books, and perhaps even for people that would enjoy the same book, hearing them together, rather than reading them separately may be the way to go. This method may even induce discussion, furthering enjoyment and also the amount of time this activity occupies.
We hope you choose wisely, and find a formula that works for you, your car load or carriage.
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