Travel Activities In a Binder By: Sherri MacLean, Activity Bags, LLC Where fun and education fit in the same bag!
Travel Activities in a Binder Instructions Only E-Book 1 Written by: Sherri MacLean Cover Design: Kim Sponangle Illustrations on Activity Instruction Sheets: Sherri MacLean * Proofreaders Many thanks to our proofreaders: Paula Reetz and our faithful, Beth Simmons for their hard work and genuine desire to help. You both strive for excellence and I appreciate you very much! Copyright 2010 Activity Bags, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Book owners may reproduce coordinator worksheets, instruction sheets, and master sheets only. Book owners may also print the entire e-book for their own use. Activity Bags, LLC 8090 Downing Drive * Denver, CO 80229 www.activitybags.com Email: info@activitybags.com (303) 288-0948 Published in the United States of America, April 2010 1 st Edition 2
Terms and Conditions of this E-Book Copyright Thank you for downloading this e-book. This E-Book is limited to your own personal use. E-Book owners may not distribute this e-book in any form. You do have permission to print the book for your own personal use or save the file onto your personal computer. You can select individual pages to print, or you can print the entire book! It is up to you how much of the information you want to print. E-Book owners may print copies of the instructions and related pages necessary for each participant in a swap. Each participant will only get the copies they need to assemble their specific travel activities. Copyright laws of the United States protect this e-book and file. How to save the E-Book After you have opened the file, you need to save it to your hard drive so that you can retrieve it again and again. To save the file: 1. Open the document. 2. Click on "File". 3. Click on "Save a copy". 4. Browse to choose a spot on your computer to put the file. You might use "My Documents." 5. Click "Save". Disclaimer #1 We have made every effort to make these travel activities fun, educational, and safe for all children and adults. Some Activities may contain small parts and are not intended for children under 3. Adult supervision is always required. Disclaimer #2 On some of the instruction sheets we have suggested various places to purchase supplies. This does not mean that we necessarily support or believe in what they support or endorse. Side Note We purposely make the graphics in our E-Books in black and white because it is less expensive to print when a participant needs to make copies. Even if we did the graphics in color and you printed them in black and white, they would not be as crisp. It would look nicer, but would not be practical for the overall purpose of the book. 3
Greetings, "Are we there yet????" How many times have parents heard this refrain from the kids, even before the car was out of the driveway? Kids seem to have difficulty understanding two things about traveling: time and distance. That's why parents so often hear, "How long will it take?" and "How far are we going? In addition to the classic of all time, "Are we there yet?". Traveling with kids can make a trip sometimes longer - for everyone! But do not worry, a solution is here from Activity Bags!!! Because this swap is about Travel Activities in a Binder vs in a bag, instead of receiving activity bags, you will get a binder complete with 40+ travel Activities! The binder will be completely assembled when you to pick it up from your swap coordinator with all the supplies included to use the activities (dry erase marker, eraser, etc. in a handy, dandy pen pouch). And hopefully this travel binder will keep comments like, "Are we there yet?" to a minimum. All the Activities come with instructions and information and require no more than a dry erase marker and eraser (which are in the binder!). Some of the activities will be old favorites that maybe the kids have forgotten about, and some new, updated ones. All the activities are easy to learn and geared for elementary age! If you choose not to do a swap, you can just pick and choose the activities you want to do. We encourage 20 participants in a swap so you can get a binder with ALL the activities. Whatever you decide to do, have fun and look forward to keeping your travelers occupied and learning at the same time. Blessings and happy traveling, Sherri www.activitybags.com Where fun and education fit in the same bag or binder. 4
Why Travel Activities in a Binder is Different Travel Activities in a Binder is very different than all our other books and swaps. There are two ways to do the Travel Activities in a Binder: 1) You can assemble the travel activities on your own by using the 1 participant Binder column on the assembly instructions. 2) You can hold a swap with other friends. In order to have a full, completed travel binder, you will need 20 participants to do the swap. If you want fewer participants, you will get fewer activities for your binder. Below is an example of some swap breakdowns and the number of activities you will receive in your travel binder: 10 Participants 15 Participants 20 Participants 1. Travel Binder #1 1. Travel Binder #1 1. Travel Binder #1 2. Travel Binder #2 2. Travel Binder #2 2. Travel Binder #2 3. Dry Erase Marker #1 3. Dry Erase Marker #1 3. Dry Erase Marker #1 4. Dry Erase Marker #2 4. Dry Erase Marker #2 4. Dry Erase Marker #2 5. Pencil Pouch #1 5. Pencil Pouch #1 5. Pencil Pouch #1 6. Pencil Pouch #2 6. Pencil Pouch #2 6. Pencil Pouch #2 7. Mixed Activities #1 7. Mixed Activities #1 7. Mixed Activities #1 8. Mixed Activities #2 8. Mixed Activities #2 8. Mixed Activities #2 9. Mixed Activities #3 9. Mixed Activities #3 9. Mixed Activities #3 10. Mixed Activities #4 10. Mixed Activities #4 10. Mixed Activities #4 16 Activities Total 11. Mixed Activities #5 11. Mixed Activities #5 12. Mixed Activities #6 12. Mixed Activities #6 * If you have 10 swappers you can double up and give each participant 2 sets 13. Mixed Activities #7 13. Mixed Activities #7 14. Mixed Activities #8 14. Mixed Activities #8 15. Mixed Activities #9 15. Mixed Activities #9 40 Activities Total 16. Mixed Activities #10 17. Mixed Activities #11 of instructions. This way. you will get ALL the 18. Mixed Activities #12 activities for your 19. Mixed Activities #13 binder. 20. Mixed Activities #14 56 Activities Total * For information on how to coordinate a swap you can purchase the Coordinator Handbook at www.activitybags.com. To make it easier on the coordinator, each set of Travel Activity instructions is available as a single download on our web site. All the coordinator needs to do is assign an activity and the participant can download the instructions for a very small fee. This way, no mailing is involved and the participant can make copies right from their own computer. * We encourage you to find 20 participants or double up so you can get all the travel activities. Have fun! 5
Many thanks to all the Moms who tested the Travel Activities in a Binder Lori G. April J. Molly K. Trisha K. Bronny L. Pearlita M. Grace R. Becky S. Sandy T. Judy W. Christi A. Janice C. Cindy H. Pamela H. Kathryn M. Jeniffer M. Mattie N. Debbie N. Tanya R. Megan S. Megan A. Debbie B. Michelle P. Beth S. Kimberly T. Elise W. Lisa W. 6
What others are Saying About Travel Activities in a Binder I am so excited to have a way to keep the kids happy while they are in the car! ~ Megan A. It will be great to have something for the kids to do in the car verses watching movies! ~Michelle P. I know my boys will enjoy the Activities while I enjoy the peace in the car. ~ Megan A. Travel Activities in a Binder is great for our family because it is ready to go in a moments notice! They are also easy to pack and keep organized! ~ Kimberly T. Travel Activities in a Binder is very versatile. We can take our binders on the road, to a hotel, restaurant, appointments and even camping! ~ Lisa W. This is great independent entertainment! The binder is hassle free and we love it! It will be nice to have something self-contained and tidy for the kids to keep them entertained in the car! ~ Elisa W. This is a GREAT idea for trips and will keep the kids and parents interacting while in the car as opposed to popping in a DVD or electric game to keep the kids active. ~ Deborah B. We can t wait to take our next trip! ~ April J. We are so excited to have Traveling Activities to go! This is an excellent idea! ~ Lori G. Having the Travel Activities in a Binder is great for the car but we can use it while waiting at sporting events, dance class, music class, etc. The binder is so versatile! ~ Bronwyn L. We like to drive a lot for vacations and this binder will be easy to pack and offer my kids something else to do. Plus, we can use it when we are not even in the car. ~ Becky S. We travel in our car about every 3 months to visit my father-in-law and now we have 3 binders to keep the boys busy! Thank you! ~ Trisha K. Multiple travel Activities in one binder great idea. ~ Judy W. My nephews are active boys and need to be entertained while traveling. We are glad they are not only being entertained but they are learning something too! ~ Cindy H. It is great to have Activities for the kids to play in the van. They get to be productive and not distracting the other people (including the driver) in the van. I like that! I love having everything together in one neat, tidy place. We can also take the binder to the doctor s office, restaurants, etc. Great idea! ~ Tanya R. I like that it is portable and everything is all together. It is very easy to use. ~ Jennifer M. It s a very compact way to bring Activities in the car. We don t have the space to have a lot of individual travel Activities, so this works great for our family. ~ Janice C. 7
TRAVEL ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE Below is a list of all the travel Activities with a description, page number, and the general supplies needed. Some of them, but not all, have master graphics that will need to be copied. 1) Travel Binder #1 Page #: 12 Description: You will be buying half of the 3-ring binders for the swap and copying the front cover for the binder. One other participant will be buying the other half of the binders so the cost does not fall on one person. Supplies Needed: 1 3-ring binders in any color with a clear view pouch on the front to slide in a cover, copy the Master #1 onto any light colored cardstock Masters: 1 2) Travel Binder #2 Page #: 14 Description: You will be buying half of the 3-ring binders for the swap and copying the front cover for the binder. One other participant will be buying the other half of the binders so the cost does not fall on one person. Supplies Needed: 1 3-ring binders in any color with a clear view pouch on the front to slide in a cover, copy the Master #1 onto any light colored cardstock Masters: 1 3) Dry Erase Markers & Eraser #1 Page #: 16 Description: You will be purchasing half the dry erase markers and making half of the felt erasers for the travel binders. One other participant will be purchasing the other half so the cost does not fall on one person. Supplies Needed: thin dry erase markers in dark colors, dark felt Masters: None 4) Dry Erase Markers & Eraser #2 Page #: 17 Description: You will be purchasing half the dry erase markers and making half of the felt erasers for the travel binders. One other participant will be purchasing the other half so the cost does not fall on one person. Supplies Needed: thin dry erase markers in dark colors, dark felt Masters: None 5) 3- Ring Zipper Pencil Pouch #1 Page #: 18 Description: You will be purchasing half of the 3-ring pencil pouches and another participant will be purchasing the other half so the cost does not fall onto one person. Supplies Needed: 3- Ring zipper pencil pouches in any color Masters: None 6) 3- Ring Zipper Pencil Pouch #2 Page #: 19 Description: You will be purchasing half of the 3-ring pencil pouches and another participant will be purchasing the other half so the cost does not fall onto one person. Supplies Needed: 3- Ring zipper pencil pouches in any color Masters: None 8
7) Mixed Activities #1 Page #: 20 1. Tic Tac Toe 2. Capture Tic Tac Toe 3. Ad Lib #1 (Preschool) 4. Ad Lib #2 Description: You will be making copies of the activities that are to go into each binder. 8) Mixed Activities #2 Page #: 25 1. Hang Man #1 2. Hang Man #2 3. Scavenger Hunt 4. Scavenger Hunt Description: You will be making copies of the activities that go into each binder. 9) Mixed Activities #3 Page #: 30 1. Connect the Dots #1 2. Connect the Dots #2 3. Call it Out 4. Head in the Clouds Description: You will be making copies of the activities that go into each binder. 10) Mixed Activities #4 Page #: 35 1. Songs #1 2. Songs #2 3. ABC Search 4. T-Shirt Design 11) Mixed Activities #5 Page #: 40 1. House Maze 2. Squirrel Maze 3. Duck Maze 4. Flower Maze Description: You will be making copies of the mazes to go into each binder. 9
12) Mixed Activities #6 Page #: 45 1. Star Maze 2. Sport Maze 3. Cauldron Maze 4. Apple Maze Description: You will be making copies of the mazes to go into each binder. 13) Mixed Activities #7 Page #: 50 1. I Own a State 2. Map It 3. Count the Cows 4. Road Trip Math 14) Mixed Activities #8 Page #: 55 1. Make a Point 2. Trace Your Hand 3. Spider Maze 4. Train Maze 15) Mixed Activities #9 Page #: 60 1. Road Sign Bingo Board #1 2. Vehicle Bingo Board #2 3. Guitar Maze 4. Pineapple Maze 16) Mixed Activities #10 Page #: 65 1. Make Your Own Maze 2. Stay Put 3. Roadside Sign 4. Road Sign Drawing 10
17) Mixed Activities #11 Page #: 70 1. Funny Face #1 2. Funny Face #2 3. Count the Horses 4. Gomuka 18) Mixed Activities #12 Page #: 75 1. Road Signs 2. Road Sign Names 3. Count the Sheep 4. Design A Flag 19) Mixed Activities #13 Page #: 80 1. Blindfold Drawing 2. Shape Changer #1 3. Shape Changer #2 4. Different Hair Styles, fabric to make a blindfold 20) Mixed Activities #14 Page #: 85 1. Batless Baseball 2. Bugsy 3. Throw the Die 4. Multiplication Toss, dice 11