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There are so many wonderful learning opportunities for kids when traveling, or even just when you're running errands or on trips around town. Here are a few ways you can use The Trip Clip® to teach your kids new things while they are just having fun!

Early Reading

  • Crossword puzzle with picture clues and only first letter missing
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    Beginning letter sounds are an important stepping stone for beginning readers. These crossword puzzles help kids isolate those first letter sounds, and they'll feel like a big kid doing their first crossword puzzle!

  • Alphabet Game: Blank lines with a capital letter at the beginning of each.
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    Make your own

    Have kids find an item that begins with each letter. Your kids will be practicing first letter sounds, writing, and spelling!

  • Bingo board with letters in each square
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    Make your own

    Teaches:
    • Find each letter on a sign. Try lower and upper case letters.
    • Make it harder by requiring it to be the first letter in the word.
    • Write it down for writing/spelling practice.
    • More ideas for older kids

  • Bingo board with red car at the top and title Road Trip Bingo
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    Make your own

    Teaches:
    • Letters, numbers, and symbols
    • Road signs
    • Reading simple words
    • Observation

  • Bingo board with place setting at the top and titled Restaurant Bingo
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    Make your own

    Teaches:
    • Letters, numbers, and symbols
    • Reading simple words
    • Observation

  • License plate backgrounds with child’s name on it for coloring

    Use your own name

    Teaches:
    • Coloring inside the lines
    • Letter recognition
    • How to spell their name
    • Self expression

Writing & Spelling

  • Printable hangman game for kids

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    Teaches:
    • Reading skills at each child's reading level
    • Consider words from their spelling list
    • Talk to them about which letters are most common
    • Teach them to think about common combinations: TH, CH, QU, etc.
    • See more...

  • Crossword puzzle with picture clues for kids
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    Crossword puzzles with picture clues are a great way for kids to practice spelling.

  • Story template for kids with space for picture and words

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    Have your kids keep a travel journal. It can be as simple as a picture and a few lines of text each day.

  • Printable mazes for kids from beginner to expert
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    Generate new mazes

    Teaches:
    • Hand eye coordination
    • Writing skills
    • Problem solving
    • Patience
    • Persistence
    • Memory

  • 750+ Coloring pages for kids, including butterfly, turtle, boy in pajamas, cake, spiral, and kite
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    Make a coloring book

    Teaches:
    • Holding a writing utensil
    • Hand strength
    • Fine motor skills
    • Hand-eye coordination
    • Focus
    • Creativity
    • more...

  • Printable drawing starters for kids
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    Switch doodle

    Drawing helps with handwriting by increasing fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It also lets all kids be creative, and the doodle starters often get them to draw things they might not otherwise.

  • Printable drawing clips with suggestions to get kids started
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    Drawing helps with handwriting by increasing fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It also lets all kids be creative, and the clips often get them to draw things they might not otherwise.

  • Fall themed printable word search puzzle for kids
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    Make your own

    Great for letter recognition, pattern matching, reading, and spelling. Make them easy or hard, or enter your own words! Try one with words all about your travel destination.

  • Secret message puzzle with a clue ‘When does it rain money?’
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    Beginner cryptograms teach:
    • Letter and number recognition
    • Writing
    • Pattern matching
    • Early reading
    Enter your own words to ensure it's at your child's reading level. You can even include information about your trip!

Math & Science

  • Child using paper battleship game with clipboard and attached pen while camping.

    Print game boards

    Teaches:
    • Grids
    • Plotting coordinates on a graph
    • Number lines

  • Chart for counting gas stations, motorcycles, VW bugs, and flags on a road trip
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    A road trip turns into a science experiment and graphing practice with this simple counting game. Make predictions ahead of time for which item you'll see most often!

  • Slug bug game with simple graphing for kids
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    Print many copies

    Teaches:
    • The scientific method
    • Predict which color you'll see most often
    • Record data for a week
    • Simple graphs will show the results
    • Make it global by inviting friends and family from other locales to do it too

  • 4x4, 6x6, and 9x9 sudoku puzzles for kids
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    Choose difficulty

    Teaches:
    • Number recognition/writing
    • Process of elimination and deduction
    • Basic computer programming algorithms
    • Extrapolation
    • Pattern recognition
    • Learn more

  • Secret message puzzle with a clue ‘When does it rain money?’
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    Make your own

    Secret Message Puzzles are great for teaching problem solving that helps in math, science, and computer programming. And they're super fun, too! You can even write your own secret messages that are just the right reading level.

  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division worksheets for math practice at your child’s level
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    Unlimited practice

    Generate an unlimited number of math worksheets. Start at single digit addition, with or without carrying, and go all the way up to 5 digit division.

Geography & Travel

  • Picture checklist of driving directions for kids

    Make your own

    Teaches:
    • Left vs right
    • Neighborhood geography and landmarks
    • Road signs and driving rules
    • North, south, east, and west

  • License plate game with a U.S. map

    Choose US or Canada

    This game includes license plates for all 50 states, plus a labeled map of the US (or Canada) that will help your kids learn some geography.

  • Bingo board with airplane at the top and title Airport Bingo
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    Make your own

    Teaches:
    • Letters, numbers, and symbols
    • Reading simple words
    • Travel safety
    • Airport signs and navigation
    • See more

  • Bingo board with deer crossing sign at the top and titled Road Sign Bingo

    Make your own

    Teaches:
    • Rules of the road
    • Speed limits on side streets vs highways
    • How yield signs and center turn lanes work
    • White vs yellow vs brown vs green signs

  • Picture checklist so kids can pack for your next trip
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    Make your own

    For younger kids, make the list for them, and then have them collect their things to practice counting and organization. Let older kids make their own list and pack themselves - then check their work!

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Picture of road out windshield - 10 road trip tips for families with grade schoolersPrintable travel activities: packing list, BINGO, mazes, word search, coloring, crosswords, license plates and more6x9 clipboard with attached pen and printable travel activities for kids on trips and errands.Fun early reading activities: crossword puzzle, alphabet bingo, design a license plateWriting and spelling practice: hangman, crossword puzzles, story templates, word searchMath and science practice: battleship, slug bug, cryptograms, sudokuGeography and travel: driving directions, license plate game, airport bingo, road sign bingo