Carschooling » activities

Eat & Speak Your Veggies

chameleon — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:49 +0000

A carscholar mom and her carschoolers have learned a lot of foreign language words through food. They look for billboards and signs that have different kinds of foods and then say the name of the fruit, vegetable, or dairy product in the foreign language they are studying. Whenever they get stuck on a particular word, [...]

Window Art

chameleon — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:17 +0000

Dry-erase markers, those handy pens used for business and school presentations on special wipe-off boards, have been commandeered by carschooling parents to provide hours of car window art activities. The markers come in a variety of colors for drawing and doodling. Let the kids decorate your windows and transform your car into a mobile art [...]

Eureka!

chameleon — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:00:13 +0000

Every state has an official motto or saying. For example, Alaska’s motto is “North to the Future,” California’s is “Eureka,” and New Hampshire’s is “Live Free or Die.” Many mottos are included on state license plates. Every time you are carschooling, have your carschoolers look for state mottos on license plates. Whenever they see a [...]

Lunchtime Trivia

chameleon — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:40:50 +0000

Use bagged lunches to introduce a morsel of history. In addition to sandwiches, fruit, and chips, include a note in each lunch bag that tells about some historical event that occurred on that day or the name of an important person in history that was born that day. Have your carschoolers read their note out [...]

Another Year

chameleon — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:00:18 +0000

If you travel the same route over a period of a year, encourage your carschoolers to keep a record of seasonal changes. Look for a natural setting along the way (a park, a community garden, a grove of trees, a field, a bay or lake or river), and at the change of seasons stop at [...]

Spelling–Carschooling Style!

chameleon — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:15:25 +0000

One carschooling mom said that her children were more receptive to learning spelling words when the words on their spelling list had a single theme. For example, here is a list of words that describe parts of cars and things used in cars. Use them for spelling words or try to make a complete sentence [...]

First To Reach Ten

chameleon — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:53:29 +0000

All of the players in the car pick a license plate number together, for example, 9MBR318. Eliminate the letters, which leaves the numbers 9, 3, 1, and 8. Using only the numbers from the license plate and the processes of addition, subtraction, and multiplication, each player tries to create as many new numbers as possible [...]

Splat!

chameleon — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:53:47 +0000

Did you ever notice that bugs that splat on your windshield have different colored blood? Bug blood is called hemolymph. It is clear and composed mostly of water. It is tinged with color, depending on what the bug eats. If the blood is green, the bug ate leaves. If the blood is yellow, it ate [...]

The Circulatory System

chameleon — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:48:08 +0000

The heart and blood vessels (veins and arteries) make up the circulatory system. The heart pumps blood that carries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body. The heart is the size of a fist and acts like a pump to circulate blood. Tell your carschoolers to put their hands over the center of [...]

Learn to Sign

chameleon — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:30:44 +0000

One carschooling mom has a degree in American Sign Language/Interpreting for the Deaf. When she was a student, her instructor who was deaf, suggested practicing signing signs as a way to practice finger-spelling. First, get a chart of finger-spelling sign symbols for the letters of the alphabet. To play, try to finger spell any word [...]