Printables for Road Trips

My daughter — who is almost nine and has an opinion about everything — thinks that the license plate game is too difficult, because there is no way you could see all 50 states’ license plates, no matter how long you were in the car.

She maybe has a point, but clearing the table isn’t really the point. It’s more about observing and seeing what you can see.

But I think she’s really going to want some regular bingo-style cards with state names on them so we can play real license plate bingo.

I actually couldn’t find any online so I’ll have to make them myself.

If you’re more of a traditionalist when it comes to “license plate bingo,” you’ll find a graphic version along with other road trip printables at Laura’s Crafty Life.

Or add to the challenge by giving kids a United States map and having them color in the states whose license plates they see. This version is from Everyday Wanderer.

Another version of the license plate scavenger hunt and other scavenger hunts you can play in the car can be found at the Resourceful Mama.

How do you play the license plate game with your kids?

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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