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The Trip Clip has a wide variety of printable activities you can use with the small, kid-sized clipboard and 4-color pen to make your road trip go smoothly. Here are a couple of free printables you can try out right now.

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The BINGO board is a fun way to keep your kids looking out the windows instead of staring at a screen while you drive.  Print multiple copies to have your kids work together, or you can make it a competition!  For the best competition, get them to only look out their own side of the car to find things.

The Count On It game is a like a scavenger hunt (with a little graphing and science built in). Have your kids watch for each of the items on the list and fill in a square each time they see one. The whole family can help keep an eye out for these things. Ask your kids to predict ahead of time which item they will see the most of on your trip. It’s like a little mini science experiment!  And it’s surprisingly fun to play together.

If you want to print a bunch of activities like this for your next road trip, try the Activity Book feature on The Trip Clip website.

Sometimes the thing I crave the most during the summer is just a little bit of structure.  It doesn’t have to be a lot, but something to help guide our days makes me feel like the whole summer won’t drift away without us making sure we did all of the fun (and educational!) things we’d hoped to do.

This chart gives just a little bit of structure without being overwhelming.

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These Summer Bored Boards offer 9 free printable BINGO boards with ideas sure to inspire creative play. Have your kids try to get a BINGO, or black out the whole board.  You can print these boards as is for free, or easily generate your own at www.thetripclip.com. There are over 500 images to choose from to inspire you and your kids to think of fun new activities to do this summer!

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Tips and free printables to keep your kids reading this summer!

1. Stock your Shelves

The right book can turn a reluctant reader into a voracious one. The trick is to keep putting books in front of them until something clicks. Try these steps and keep a shelf they have easy access to stocked with lots of choices.

If you need more ideas to get you started, try these:

2. Broaden Their Horizons

Once you get your kids reading, sometimes the challenge can be to get them to try new things. This Summer Reading Challenge is a great way to help make that happen. Treat it like the reading program at your local library – let your kids keep track of what they read and offer a prize if they complete the list. You can print it as is, or edit it to make it just right.

3. Make It Fun

The most important thing you can do to keep your child reading is make it fun.  This bingo board is a great way to do that.  Encourage them to get a BINGO in any direction, or black out the whole board if they can! You can print it as is, or edit it to make it just right.

If you have other great ideas about how to keep kids reading over the summer, share them in the comments below!

This is a super fun way to encourage your kids to read this summer! Challenge your child to get a BINGO in any direction, or even wipe out the whole board! You can also easily edit this board with your own challenges.  If you come up with good ones, share them with me at molly@thetripclip.com or in the comments below!

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Broaden your kids’ horizons this summer by encouraging them to read outside of their comfort zone. This list uses genres, but you can create any kind of list you want that helps challenge your kids to read new things.  Maybe you’d choose to have them read a  newspaper or an article online? You can easily edit this list!

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You can easily edit this list using The Trip Clip website.  You can add more items, remove items, and even change the pictures or the text.

Talk to your kids and work together to great a customized challenge to keep then engaged and reading all summer.  And a reward for the completion of the list won’t hurt anything!

If you create a list that works well for your family, share it with me a molly@thetripclip.com.  I love to see all the creative ideas my customers come up with!

Packing lists are such a wonderful thing. I love having a printed list I can use to make sure we don’t forget anything when we head out the door, and a picture packing list for a trip to the beach lets your kids help collect what can often be a surprising amount of gear!

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These may not be quite right for your family, so you can also easily edit this list using The Trip Clip website.  You can add more items, remove items, and even change the pictures or the text.

You can print out a list for each trip, or try laminating it so you can re-use it for your next beach outing.

Also, coming soon, all of these picture lists will be available from you phone or tablet!