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Travel Games Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Alphabet Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 AlphabetSoup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SayItBackward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 TrickyTongueTwisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Number Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NumberLotto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–14

Fabulous Word Search Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 LookWhatISee! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 HowHighCanWeGo? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Ticket,Please! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 HeadingfortheSlopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CreativeColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 AGentleBreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ARefreshingDip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Fun With License Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 NumberCombinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 LicensePlateLotto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25–28

Can You Spot That? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 FoodFun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30–32 Traveler’sTicTacToe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33–36 Traveler’sScavengerHunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37–40 RoadsideBingo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41–44 MyFavoriteColor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 City,State,andCountry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Following Directions & Reading Maps . . . . . . . . . 47 Old-TimeStagecoachRide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 HelpingaLostStudent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 PlanaRoute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Rebus Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 FamilyMember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 AnEarlyRoute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 FairyTaleVillain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 ASouthernState . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 ASpecialVisitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Category Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 MovieTrivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 WordPyramids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59–62 What’sInaName? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–65 BoxedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66–68

Incredible Crossword Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 AstroAdventure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 UmbrellasUp! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Don’tJustSitThere! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 HittheHay! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 ClimbingKoala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 IsItReallyMagic? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 NapTimeintheNest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 ReadyYourRobot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 VeggieDelight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Take a Guess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 IntheDoghouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80–82 TwentyQuestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 FamousInitials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Word Challenge Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 AddItUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86–87 Double-DutyNames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 SaltandPepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 WhatAmISpelling? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Travel games are a great way to break up the boredom of a long distance trip. Guessing games, word games, and category games provide hours of fun and learning. Use this section to help you plan ahead to get even more fun out of your travels!

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Portable Fun Pak

Beforeyourtrip,gathertogethera“funpak”—asetofthingsthatwillhelpyouoccupyyourtimewhiletraveling .Chooseitemsthataresmallandportable .Placetheminabackpackoratotebag .

Whatandhowmuchyoutakewilldependonhowlongyouplantotravel .Also,somethingsthatareappropriateforoneformoftravelmaynotbeidealforanother .

Skimthroughtheideasinthisbookandmarkthegamesyouthinkyou’dliketoplayonyourtrip .Somegames

requireyoutopreparesomethingbeforeyourtrip .Besuretoinclude

anymaterialsneededforthoseactivitiesinyourfunpak .

By the second grade, your child has mastered the ABCs, but now he or she will be diving into alphabetical order! In this section, you’ll find fun games that will allow your child to practice the alphabet, and—better yet!—keep him or her from getting bored!

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Alphabet Soup

Inthisgame,playerstrytobethefirstto“drink”theiralphabetsoup .

Eachplayerneedsapencilandasheetofpaper .Eachplayerdrawsalargecircleonhisorherpapertorepresentasoupbowl .Insidethebowl,eachplayerwrites12letters .Now,everyone’sreadytobeginthegame!

Asyoutravel,lookforsignsthatcontainthelettersinyoursoupbowl .Ifyouspotaletter,callitoutandcrossitoffyoursheetofpaper .Eachsignisgoodforonlyoneplayerandoneletter .Thefirstplayertocrossoffallthelettershasfinished“drinking”thealphabetsoupandisthewinner .

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Say It Backward

Canyousaythealphabetbackwardwithoutmakingamistake?That’sthechallengeinthisgame .EachpersoncantryindividuallyoroneplayercansayZ,thenextY,thefollowingpersonX,andsoon .

Foranextrachallenge,trysingingthealphabetbackwardtothetuneofthealphabetsong .

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Tricky Tongue Twisters

Giveyourtongueaworkoutwiththisgame!

MakeupasentenceinwhicheverywordbeginswithA,suchas“AlanaskedAdamaboutants .”Then,saythesentencethreetimesfastandchallengeotherstodothesame .Everyonewhosuccessfullysaysthesentencegetsapoint .

ThegamecontinueswithanotherplayermakingupasentenceforB .Thewinneristhepersonwiththemostpoints .

I SELLSEASHELLS

BY THESEASHORE!

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At the end of their second grade year, children should be able to fluently add and subtract within 100, and will be delving into beginning multiplication. There are plenty of ways for your child to practice math while you’re on the go—you just need to know where to look!

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Number Lotto

Usethelottogameboardsbelowandonpages13and14 .Haveeachplayerwriteanumberfrom0to20inthe16sections .Next,haveeveryonetrytospotthenumbersthatareonhisorhergameboard .Thefirstpersontospotanumbercallsitoutandcrossesitoffhisorhergameboard .Playerswhohavethatsamenumberdonotcrossitofftheirgameboards;onlythefirstpersontospotthenumbergetstocrossitoff .Theplayerwhocrossesoffthemostnumbersisthewinner .

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Number Lotto

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Number Lotto

(Directionsarefoundonpage12 .)

Word search puzzles encourage children to use problem solving and creative thinking skills to recognize words hidden in the puzzle. It also provides children with excellent practice in spelling and defining common words.

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Look What I See!

Findandcirclethewordsinthepuzzle .

down after away biglittle said went mylook you me can

d b u m w i a yo d l u e m w ow a i s n l a un f t a t o y ba t t i e o c im e l d m k a gy r e o e s n r

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How High Can We Go?

Findandcirclethewordsinthepuzzle .

here comefind funny for jumptwo you so helpwe make play run

f i n d l dh t r e y p u fe w u z o l f or o n d u a u re c o m e y n ws k m a k e n eo j u m p p y o

e h e l p a

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Findandcirclethewordsinthepuzzle .

Ticket, Please!

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b e r t y s e v e n z c b

h o e r s j t e n l h n g

u x e t c d o n e t h i k

w f l n y x f e z h d i o

p i e i s t o i e r a u p

d v v n i w u g r e n k l

a e e e x o r h o e d f h

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fourfivesixseven

eightnineteneleven