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Would You Rather?
These games currently reign at #1 in our family for best-ever car games. The basic premise is that on your turn you answer a question about whether you’d rather eat super gross item A or B, or whether...
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“Sweet Home Alabama” Mile After Mile
With Guitar Hero: World Tour Mobile, you can take all the fun cross country. With 15 all new tracks plus a bonus song every month, you have plenty to practice. Play against live opponents and chat with...
View ArticleTemper Tantrum Common Sense Handbook
I admit when Judy Colbert contacted me and told me about her book on temper tantrums I was skeptical. But, I was also interested. After all, who hasn’t had a temper tantrum on a road trip? I’m not even...
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Travel Flicks for All Ages
I love Common Sense Media. I’m a slacker mom, but I don’t want my daughter watching inappropriate TV or movies. And, being a slacker, I’m definately not volunteering to pre-screen every tween movie....
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10 Best iPhone Apps for Toddlers and Kids
Back in the day, parents handed fussy toddlers their keys, a teething toy or maybe a rattle. Now, we hand over the iPhone. The most common question asked by parents who look for travel advice isn’t...
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Looking Out the Window, And Other Low-Tech Road Trip Fun
Playing MASTERMIND Attaché: Siblings Unite! If you grew up in a family like mine, a piece of duct tape stuck firmly to the exact mid-point between the seat my sister and I sat on the ENTIRE way from...
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Top 10 Great Kids Books for the Road — Guest Post from Vegbooks.org
We’re thrilled to have Jessica Almy of Vegbooks guest posting! She’s the queen of kids’ book reviews from a vegetarian perspective, and has a four year-old daughter, so she’s always reading the latest...
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RoadTrips Game Review: Mind Jewel
My first impression opening the Mind Jewel box was “Wow! This is gorgeous!” Striking, saturated hues of blue, red and green semi-translucent “jewels” joined together form this multifaceted sphere....
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U.S.A. License Plate Game
The Aloha State One of our favorite games to play on a road trip involves finding as many license plates from different states as we can during the course of our trip. Obsessively stalking the rear-end...
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5 Car Games That Incorporate Science Into Your Summer Road Trip
It’s summer! And prime road trip season. We get a lot of questions about things to do in the car — especially with younger children, so we asked Erin Gifford, mom to four mini-road-trippers, and the...
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Travel Themed Board Games
Under the guise of vacation, it’s only when we reach adulthood that we fully understand a road trip is a real-life social studies lesson with undertones of cartography. Road maps and GPS-assisted...
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