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Auto Draft

Give every carschooler a piece of paper and a pencil.  Have everyone draw a head and neck on their paper—it can be the head and neck of a person, animal, insect, monster, or whatever.  Have them fold the paper in half so that no one can see the drawing—and pass it to the person next [...]

Alphabet Jump Rope

A carschooling mom borrowed a jump rope jingle to create an alphabet word game in which her carschoolers try to construct several sentences that include words that start with a specific letter of the alphabet.
Here is an example using the letter A:
“A” my name is ___________________________ (Annie)
My best friend’s name is _________________ (Arthur)
We live in [...]

Carschooling Math

Here’s a quick game to help kids understand the math concepts of “greater than,” “less than,” and “equal to.”  Everyone finds one license plate on a passing car and copies it down on a piece of paper.  Remove the letters in the license plate, leaving just the numbers.  Each person takes a turn reading his [...]