Carschooling

Fun on the road

chameleon — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:59:25 +0000

Just a little Carschooling sing along fun.

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Carschooling Math: Play “21″

maria — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:23:37 +0000

Each player looks for license plates with numbers that add up to 21 or more. License plates with three or more numbers are the only ones that will work for this game. For example, license number 4VJD875 would add up to 24. When players find a license plate that adds up to 21 or more, [...]

Carschooling Science: Service Station Science

maria — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:13:42 +0000

Stopping for gas is a great time to get the kids involved in science. Think of the possibilities. How does a car engine work? Why should you check the air pressure in the tires? What is the purpose of the fuel and fluids used in the car? If you don’t know the answers to these [...]

Carschooling Physical Education and Health: Rest Stop Olympics

maria — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:16:59 +0000

Rest stops along highways are great places to pull over and stretch your legs. Why not make the stop memorable and get some real physical exercise, too, by conducting a Rest Stop Olympics? Your kids will think of lots of ways to test everyone’s mettle. Although not absolutely necessary, it might be helpful to have [...]

Carschooling Foreign Languages: Translation Game

maria — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:29:17 +0000

A carschooler in California where many towns, cities, and streets have Spanish names because much of the state was settled by Spanish explorers, ranchers, and missionaries. She said that her kids, who were studying Spanish in school, began to notice this phenomenon and created the Translation Game. Players take turns calling out a town or [...]

Carschooling Visual and Performing Arts: Silver Sculptures

maria — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:23:39 +0000

A carschooling mom from Utah always keeps a roll of aluminum foil in the car. When the kids start to wiggle and squirm, she passes a roll of foil around the car and tells the kids to make silver sculptures. She said, “Sometimes they just wad up a bunch of foil and then start to [...]

Carschooling Geography: Road Navigators

maria — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:47:56 +0000

Turn off the GPS and let your carschoolers take turns being the family navigator or map reader. As one carschooling mom said, “Even our 7-year-old has learned to keep track of where we are by reading the exit numbers on the freeways and finding how far across the state we traveled. All of my kids [...]

Carschooling Social Sciences: Roadside History

maria — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:00:07 +0000

My kids used to think of history as irrelevant because it happened long ago to people with whom they had no connection. That misconception stopped during our carschooling travels as historical highway markers shouted at us, “Something important happened right here!” As I hit the brakes and pulled over to read the marker, it gave [...]

Carschooling Language Arts: I’m Going to a Tailgate Party

maria — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:31:15 +0000

This game starts simply but gets more difficult with each player’s turn. The first player starts by saying, “I’m going to a tailgate party, and I’m bringing _______________.” The object the player picks must start with the letter A (for example, apples). The second player then says, “I’m going to a tailgate party, and I’m [...]

Carschooling Math: Getting Started

maria — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:13:23 +0000

Kids are eager to learn, from the minute they wake up in the morning until they hop into bed at night. Some kids may resist schooling, but they rarely resist learning – especially if they can see the relevance of a subject to their own lives. A discussion about how math is used every day [...]