Car games for children: the most fun to do in the car
For a family with young children, holidays are the most exciting time of the year. The only drawback is travel: long hours in the car are particularly heavy for children who usually, after the initial enthusiasm, tend to become easily capricious and intractable. In these cases the technology (in the form of DVDs and videogames) helps, but it is better not to abuse them too much. It is preferable, instead, to whet the imagination of our little ones by taking advantage of car games for children that include songs, tongue twisters, rhymes and riddles, making their trip much more pleasant.Let's go and discover some of them, dividing them by age group.
Car games for children aged 2 and under: distract him with the games he loves the most
Younger children are the ones who give less "problems" during a car trip because they usually sleep or doze off for most of the journey. However, if it is necessary to make them distracted, various car games can be organized for children of 2 years or less. The little ones can entertain themselves by letting them play with their favorite puppets, soft toys or dolls or with other toys they are particularly fond of. Another almost foolproof way to capture their attention for a long time is to sing them the songs and nursery rhymes they like best. The very popular (and ancient) game of hiding small objects in the hands, then inviting the child to guess in which hand they are hidden, serves very well.
In any case, when traveling with children under the age of 2 it is preferable, if not for the entire journey at least for a good part, that the mother sits on the back seat next to the child's car seat to interact more easily with him and possibly reassure him with his proximity.
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What are the games to play in the car with children from 3 to 5 years old? Riddles and stories to invent
The range that includes children aged 3 to 5 is perhaps one of the most delicate when it comes to car journeys, because at that age children begin to show the first real signs of intolerance for too long car journeys. luck, as they grow up, they also become more receptive, so they can more easily involve themselves in games and very fun pastimes. What, then, are the games to play in the car with children from 3 to 5 years old? important is that they are not too difficult: those about animals are usually within everyone's reach), tongue twisters, songs to sing in turn (one verse for the mother, the next for the father, the one after the little sister and so on) and invent together. This last game works like this: after choosing a topic or a character (even at the suggestion of the child or children), the mother begins to invent a story, often stopping to ask her children what action the protagonist of the story must take, perhaps proposing two different alternatives. With a little imagination, it is easy for a bizarre but absolutely irresistible story to come out (naturally, with age, the contribution that the child is able to give to the story also increases).
Car games for children aged 6 to 8: having fun with words
During a car trip, the temptation to keep school-age children at bay by putting a tablet full of cartoons in their hands, a portable console with lots of video games or the simple smartphone of mum or dad on which at least two or more have been previously installed. three games, it is always very strong. Of course, for a while "it can be done (let's not do more than one" now?), But we advise for the sake of children not to abuse too much with electronics and rather to rely on some nice games to play all together. car for children aged 6 to 8 contemplate more complex riddles (for example, a sort of treasure hunt can be organized: a passenger identifies any object in the car and the other occupants must guess it by asking him questions to which he can only answer yes or not), the classic games with words (the game of opposites, the game of rhymes, the chain of words, etc.), games of cunning and memory (above all the "timeless game of plates) and the game of "who sees first" (what you decide on the spot: it can be a castle, a church, a car of a certain color ...). example Snow White, and you change the plot by inventing a story t all new.
Games for children on the go: 9 to 12 years have fun this way
For older children, the same argument made in the previous paragraph applies: tablets and video games during car journeys, yes, but in moderation. The games for children traveling from 9 to 12 years that we would like to recommend, on the other hand, include fun pastimes such as "say it backwards" (one says a word backwards, for example "anelatla" (swing), and the others have to guess the term corrected as quickly as possible), the classic "names, things, cities" but without pen and paper (you choose a letter at random and in turn all the occupants of the car must say a name, an animal, a city in the shortest possible time , a singer or a football player whose name begins with that letter), "guess the song" (the beginning of a song is whistled and the others have to guess the title), "form the sentences" (the first player chooses a word, for example "lemon", and the next player must find a word formed by the last syllable of the previous word, such as "none", etc. It is a game that can potentially last indefinitely), and "the machines that pass "(each player chooses a make of car or a particular model, and the winner is the one who sees the most in a predetermined amount of time). In short, there are so many games for children to play in the car and others can be invented on the spot. Just try!
