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HomeShop at BookSurgeTechnology & EngineeringTechnical & Manufacturing Industries & TradesCarschooling: Over 350 Entertaining Games & Activities to Turn Travel Time into Learning Time - For Kids Ages 4 to 17 |
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66 of 73 found the following review helpful:
 some good ideas, some NOT so good... Jun 16, 2003
Some of the author's suggestions seem far-fetched for use in a moving vehicle. She has kids popping balloons to find fun messages inside; banging on drums; stopping the car to examine roadkill; cooking foil-wrapped packages of food on the car engine...all these and some other suggestions of the author's are educational and memorable, no doubt, but also distracting for the driver in heavy traffic or at high speeds.
I doubt, too, that the average vehicle could contain all the storage bins full of supplies, coolers full of healthy snacks for the "carschool cafeteria", and backpacks full of books and toys that the kids pack for themselves--and still have any room for groceries, luggage, etc.. If you spend a LOT of time in the car, it might be worth the upkeep and expense to equip the car this way.
Still, there are good car activities in this book, mostly of the 'find stuff out the car window' type, though she offers some fun activities with paper money and coins that kids will like. And the mental math games are fun.
Basically, if you strip away the 'laughable/too distracting to the driver' activities, then this book is really no better or worse than any other car entertainment book.
24 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Best Book on Car Travel with Kids Ever Feb 02, 2003
By Kellie Bing
Carschooling puts every other book on car travel with kids to shame. I spend a bazillion hours commuting in the car with my 3 children and I have been driven nuts by traditional car games and songs. This book brought some sanity back to my family's commute adn we actually look forward to getting in the car each morning. My son Ben's favorite thing is the math chapter. Doing the dashboard decimals and fastlane fractions has improved his ability to do mental math drills. My daughter loves to flip through the book and read the information highway trivia to everyone in the car. Because of this book we now stop when we see historical markers and learn a little history on-the-go. You cannot imagine the difference this book has made when we're stuck in commute traffic, some of the simple but clever ideas have actually helped my kids get along better in the car. We even do car-dancing in teh car now. My copy is already dog-eared, marked up, and worn and may fall apart before we exhaust all the fun and educaitonal games. If you travel in the car with kids, then beg, borrow, or buy a copy. In fact, auto manufactueres should make this book a standard feature in every family car.
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Great In the Van! Mar 15, 2003
By Elaine
I'm a mom who spends a lot of time with my children in the van. I saw this book at my library and as I thumbed through the pages I was amazed by the really unique ideas for learning on the road. I knew I had to have this book and keep it in my glove compartment. Shortly after I bought it, we were at a dead stop in a traffic jam. My kids were antsy so I just pulled out the book and found all kinds of things you can do with coins and dollar bills in the car. I rummaged through my purse for some spare change and a few dollar bills and gave them to the kids. My kids were fascinated, they quit fussing, and then we started talking about the interesting historical things you can find on a one dollar bill. That one idea alone saved my sanity. I'll never be without Carschooling in the van. It's the best travel idea book I've ever read.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Great, Unique Book Feb 04, 2003
By Nanci Ward
I've never seen anything like this book. My kids have had a ball playing the games in it,especially the ones in the Language Arts and Foreign Language chapters. The activities are so DIFFERENT than most car travel games....they are just a whole lot more interesting and fun. My daughters are learning more in the car than they learn in school, and they REMEMBER what they learn cause they're having fun!!!
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Carschooling is US!!! Nov 11, 2002
By Mindy Rothberg
I am a homeschooling mother of three children, and I spend most of my time like many other homeschooling moms---driving from here to there all day long. I have always tried to utilize the time in the car, especially for my younger children, in an educational way. When I picked up this book-- I could not believe it!! Carschooling is us!! It is exactly what our family has been doing for years in an unorganized way and this book pulls it all together for us. Carschooling is a great book! For years my children have been learning "on the fly" and Ms. Keith has shown me how to organize that learning. This book has given me validation and helped me to put in perspective our family’s homeschool experience. With Carschooling as a "curriculum" guide, I can come up with many ideas of my own, too! Something especially helpful and fun are the gray boxes "From the Information Highway." These are little informational snippets that provide useful conversation for short or long trips. This book is such a great resource!! It is full of games and product information galore....It also has sprinkled throughout wise advise from the author who is obviously an experienced homeschool mother. Thank you Ms. Keith--
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