Vacation journal for kids

This month the theme for Poppins Book Nook is “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,”  I’d planned this big long Lego building theme, and then my entire family taking turns getting sick, and an emergency room visit for a toe that wasn’t broken, but sure hurt a lot, changed my plans.  Instead, I thought I’d give you some carschooling tips inspired by one of my favorite Madeleine L’Engle books: The Moon by Night by Madeleine L’Engle(affiliate link)

The Austin family is traveling cross country by car, and 14 year old Vicky is struggling with who she is now and who she wants to be.  As they travel Vicky journals about what she’s learned and who she wants to be.

And when I remembered that book I realized what our activity was this month.  We’re going to journal our trip.

 

So here’s my vacation journal for kids tips:

1. Be flexible.  Sometimes there won’t be much going on to write about.
2. Look for field trips you can do.  The Austins drove all over Canada and the Northern United States going to many different landmarks because they could.  On this trip we’ve seen:  Arkansas state capital, the Parthenon, met friends, Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky Horse Park, random parts of Cincinnati, the Creation Museum, and who knows what else on our way home.
3. Make all of it an adventure.  If you think it’s all an adventure, then your trip is going to be a lot more fun.
4. Give them a chance to share what they wrote, otherwise where’s the fun in writing?

What did I require for our vacation journals for my elementary kids?

 

They only had to write 1-3 sentences, and draw pictures of it, and sometimes it wasn’t sentences, sometimes it was charts, or drawings.  For older kids I would probably require more, but this was more than sufficient, most of the learning is coming from what they are seeing and hearing.  There’s not much need to add in extra schoolwork for the short term.  If this is a long term plan, than you’ll need more.

If you’re looking for some slightly more traditional transportation posts, here’s what we’ve done in the past:

Invention Museum

John Deere tractors

Wright Brothers and their plane

And several others I will look up when not on a hotel internet connection…..

Now check out how the other Poppins Book Nook hosts interpreted Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Enchanted Homeschooling Mom ~ 3 Dinosaurs ~ To the Moon and Back ~ Planet Smarty Pants ~ Farm Fresh Adventures ~ Growing in God’s Grace ~ Chestnut Grove Academy ~ Learning and Growing the Piwi Way ~ The Usual Mayhem~ Preschool Powol Packets ~ Monsters Ed Homeschool Academy ~ Adventures in Mommydom ~ Teach Beside Me ~ Life with Moore Babies ~ Kathy’s Cluttered Mind ~ Are We There Yet? ~ Our Crafts N Things ~ Hopkins Homeschool ~ ABC Creative Learning ~ Joy Focused Learning ~ P is for Preschooler ~ Laugh and Learn ~ A Mommy’s Adventures ~ Inspiring 2 New Hampshire Children ~ World for Learning ~ The Kennedy Adventures ~ Ever After in the Woods ~ Golden Grasses ~ Our Simple Kinda Life ~ A glimpse of our life ~ Journey to Excellence ~ Happy Little Homemaker ~ Little Homeschool Blessings ~ Simplicity Breeds Happiness ~ Raventhreads ~ Water on the Floor ~ Learning Fundamentals ~ Tots and Me ~ As We Walk Along The Road ~ Stir the Wonder ~ For This Season ~ Where Imagination Grows ~ Lextin Academy ~ The Canadian Homeschooler ~ School Time Snippets ~ Peakle Pie ~ Mom’s Heart ~ A Moment in our World ~ Every Bed of Roses ~ Finchnwren ~ At Home Where Life Happens ~ Suncoast Momma ~ The Library Adventure ~ Embracing Destiny ~ Day by Day in our World ~ Our Homeschool Studio ~ A “Peace” of Mind ~ Thou Shall Not Whine ~ SAHM I am ~ eLeMeNo-P Kids ~ Simple Living Mama

 

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