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Take-turns travel story
Invent a journey story one sentence at a time.
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None
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Stay with the child throughout. Check the space and supplies, including anything within reach of younger siblings. Skip any activity that is unsuitable. Stop if a child puts non-food material in their mouth or becomes distressed. Use intact books, full sheets of paper, a large child-appropriate crayon and a clean, dry towel. Follow product labels; remove torn paper and keep broken crayons and caps away from children. Adult handles and stores supplies.
Set up: Before moving, an adult makes sure everyone is properly buckled in the appropriate seat.
Adult's role: A passenger starts the story and supports the child's ideas. The driver focuses on driving and need not join.
Let's make it happen
- Choose a pretend traveler, such as a rabbit or a cloud.
- One passenger says where the traveler is going. Another adds what the traveler sees along the way.
- Take turns adding a sentence until you decide how the journey ends.
Make it simpler: Choose a character and let the adult tell a short story about it.
Clean up: None.
Stay properly buckled throughout the journey and do not distract the driver.