When my kids were little, I tried pretty hard to balance non screen entertainment with screen time on our trips. We always relaxed our screen time rules on trips, so some screen time (more than usual) still always happened. But I also found some unique activities that they liked and that were often reserved for … Continue reading 9 Screen-Free Ideas To Entertain Kids While Flying
In addition to lots of individual activities to keep kids busy and learning, The Trip Clip has a handful of printable 2-player games for siblings, for a parent and their child, and kids in a classroom. You can buy these as a bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers Most of the time my kids played these … Continue reading Printable 2-Player Games
Each of my kids (my best beta testers!) had different favorite activities from The Trip Clip. Those favorites changed over time, but for a very long time one of my kids could not get enough mazes. I used the Activity Book feature to print 20-30 mazes for him for each trip, raising the difficulty level … Continue reading Unlimited Mazes
I used The Trip Clip with my kids a lot over the years, and there was a long period of time where we would never take a trip without two clipboards filled with activities the kids would like. On airplane trips they always wanted an Airport BINGO board for while we waited to board our … Continue reading Make a Travel Activity Book In Under 10 Minutes
The Trip Clip has lots of different ways to make chore charts that can grow and change with your kids. Here are 10 different types of chore charts that you can make with The Trip Clip. 1. Daily Chore Chart For an Individual Kid The most straightforward chore chart is a simple list with checkboxes. … Continue reading 10 Chore Charts You Can Make With The Trip Clip
Week 35: Practice Writing - Write a Book! Having your kids write their own book is wonderful writing practice! When my son was 5 and waiting for his little brother’s Play Gym class to end, I stapled together a set of these templates that included a picture and a writing space below, and he wrote a … Continue reading Week 35: Practice Writing – Write a Book!
Morning routine magnets are an excellent way to help get through tough mornings getting the kids out the door in time for school. At first my family used a paper checklist that we hung on the wall, but after a while we switched to magnets on the refrigerator. My kids never bothered to check things … Continue reading Print Your Own Morning Routine Magnets
Keeping kids going on a trip to the grocery store can be a real challenge. In fact, this problem is what inspired me to create The Trip Clip in the first place! I found that planning ahead and working to actively engage my son at the store was the most effective way to get him … Continue reading A Secret Message Grocery List
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from raising my own kids, and from 15 years of working on The Trip Clip, it’s that there is no single checklist that will work for every kid. Even if you find a good one for your kid at one point in time, they will grow and change and … Continue reading Morning Routine: Daily, Weekly, Mobile, Magnetic, Hook & Loop
These activities helped me get my son moving during Covid remote school days, so I thought others might find them helpful too. They give you a reason to go out for a walk, and you can do a little science experiment for some added learning. The 3 Scavenger Hunts on the left are mostly about … Continue reading Exercise With a Side of Science
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