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My daughter is getting ready to leave on a many-month journey to visit friends and see more of the country. She'll be traveling by Amtrak and bus and will have a not-too-huge backpack.
When she's traveled this way in the past she's encountered so many parents dragging children on journeys and not providing them with anything to do. This time she's taking along stickers and paper/pens to help them fill their time. She also thought of making finger puppets and giving them away.
Any other suggestions? Remember, she is carrying everything on her back, so space is an obvious limitation.
Susan
When she's traveled this way in the past she's encountered so many parents dragging children on journeys and not providing them with anything to do. This time she's taking along stickers and paper/pens to help them fill their time. She also thought of making finger puppets and giving them away.
Any other suggestions? Remember, she is carrying everything on her back, so space is an obvious limitation.
Susan
Diane
Long balloons you make into shapes? Also pencils or crayons beat pens because if/when the kids color on their skin and the seat they'll get into trouble with pens.
:-) Diane
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:-) Diane
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> My daughter is getting ready to leave on a many-month journey to visit friends and see more of the country. She'll be traveling by Amtrak and bus and will have a not-too-huge backpack.
>
> When she's traveled this way in the past she's encountered so many parents dragging children on journeys and not providing them with anything to do. This time she's taking along stickers and paper/pens to help them fill their time. She also thought of making finger puppets and giving them away.
>
> Any other suggestions? Remember, she is carrying everything on her back, so space is an obvious limitation.
>
> Susan
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Barb Eaton
How about the static cling, Colorform type,play area, skeleton/body
parts, house/rooms area, stuff? They are really flat backpack size. :-)
Barb E
on 9/22/01 9:55 AM, strandbe@... at strandbe@... wrote:
parts, house/rooms area, stuff? They are really flat backpack size. :-)
Barb E
on 9/22/01 9:55 AM, strandbe@... at strandbe@... wrote:
> My daughter is getting ready to leave on a many-month journey to visit friends
> and see more of the country. She'll be traveling by Amtrak and bus and will
> have a not-too-huge backpack.
> Susan
David Albert
When our oldest was 3 we went to India for 2 months. She and I made sock puppets on the flight over. All it required, was old socks, magic markers, some yarn and a yarn needle. They were great travelling toys, and I still see a few of them around when we dig out the kid's rooms. THe girls are now
almost 14 and 11.
I think it is a great idea your daughter has.
Ellen
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almost 14 and 11.
I think it is a great idea your daughter has.
Ellen
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> My daughter is getting ready to leave on a many-month journey to visit friends and see more of the country. She'll be traveling by Amtrak and bus and will have a not-too-huge backpack.--
>
> When she's traveled this way in the past she's encountered so many parents dragging children on journeys and not providing them with anything to do. This time she's taking along stickers and paper/pens to help them fill their time. She also thought of making finger puppets and giving them away.
>
> Any other suggestions? Remember, she is carrying everything on her back, so space is an obvious limitation.
>
> Susan
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Susan
Is your daughter and adult? I got the impression she
is going alone....
I suggest she take the "raw" materials with her in a
crafts bag (cross shoulder strap) with cloth scissors,
other scissors, several spools of thread, about a
yard of unbleached muslin, some embroidery floss, a
selection of big eye needles, some buttons, dental
floss (good for mending back packs, jackets, other
heavy stuff) these are good for maintaining her own
things too. Perhaps a potholder size loom, a ball of
yarn,(and a plastic "child's" needle...they are good
for weaving). Baggies (to hold little projects
separate and to hold stuff she gives away or snacks).
Small notebooks keep paper together and have less
"wasted" or unused space so they aren't as heavy as
loose paper, tape. Those new gel pens are great. A
pack of watercolors is fun. And a good, long, book or
two is often helpful. And an address book with
everybody's addresses and phone numbers and e-addys,
envelopes.
Tic tac toe, dots, hangman, mazes that you draw with a
child, go a long way. Word games, rhyming, rhythem
games, and singing go a long way too...and the
children can take these with them forever. I've found
that if is start a hand clap game or song that it
isn't long before there is a CROWD of kids.....those
are things that fit in a back pack easily.
And crackers for the kids....often they are grumpy
cause they are hungry.
Granola (homemade style)goes a loooooong way for food.
Bottled water is very helpful. Easier than a canteen
(what I used to carry). Clean healthy food is
sometimes unavailable via bus.
I found that the process of making something with
children or letting them talk while they watch, helps
them be happy longer. However lots of Mamas are leary
of strangers giving their children things. Even
stickers. Then again, I've had strangers LEAVE their
children with me for hours, days, and once for weeks.
What a sweet girl to think of the children even before
she goes! How brave you are to let her go......
Oh, and flashlight, cell phone, matches, antibiotic
ointment, hydrgen pyroxide, bandaides, bunch of clean
bandanas(usefull for eveything from dressings to
wrappiing spains, to noses, and for acessories).Light
weiht poncho and light wieght jacket tied to the
outside of the pack(changeable weather), sweater,
good, several pairs of warm socks, some polyprops or
other long johns rolled up in a corner (changeable
weather) and a warm vest (to turn the light jacket
into a warm one with the sweater. Gloves and warm hat
in a pocket on the outside. Travelers in the winter
sometimes are stranded by blizzards in unexpected
places. Her blouse and pants or skirt can be whatever
she likes. If she has only one pair of shoes it should
be good work or hiking boots, that she can run in,
too.
Sharon, who knows this is more than you asked for,
but.....I have more food and other tips, too...In my
far and distant youth I lived out of a back pack for
extended periods of time. I carried a sleeping bag,
too as I don't like the feel of most of the sleeping
accomodations that aren't in private homes. Some
outfitters sell a silk sleeping bag that is just a
shell to keep contaminants off of skin while in a
hotel bed. Sounds like a good idea to me.
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Is your daughter and adult? I got the impression she
is going alone....
I suggest she take the "raw" materials with her in a
crafts bag (cross shoulder strap) with cloth scissors,
other scissors, several spools of thread, about a
yard of unbleached muslin, some embroidery floss, a
selection of big eye needles, some buttons, dental
floss (good for mending back packs, jackets, other
heavy stuff) these are good for maintaining her own
things too. Perhaps a potholder size loom, a ball of
yarn,(and a plastic "child's" needle...they are good
for weaving). Baggies (to hold little projects
separate and to hold stuff she gives away or snacks).
Small notebooks keep paper together and have less
"wasted" or unused space so they aren't as heavy as
loose paper, tape. Those new gel pens are great. A
pack of watercolors is fun. And a good, long, book or
two is often helpful. And an address book with
everybody's addresses and phone numbers and e-addys,
envelopes.
Tic tac toe, dots, hangman, mazes that you draw with a
child, go a long way. Word games, rhyming, rhythem
games, and singing go a long way too...and the
children can take these with them forever. I've found
that if is start a hand clap game or song that it
isn't long before there is a CROWD of kids.....those
are things that fit in a back pack easily.
And crackers for the kids....often they are grumpy
cause they are hungry.
Granola (homemade style)goes a loooooong way for food.
Bottled water is very helpful. Easier than a canteen
(what I used to carry). Clean healthy food is
sometimes unavailable via bus.
I found that the process of making something with
children or letting them talk while they watch, helps
them be happy longer. However lots of Mamas are leary
of strangers giving their children things. Even
stickers. Then again, I've had strangers LEAVE their
children with me for hours, days, and once for weeks.
What a sweet girl to think of the children even before
she goes! How brave you are to let her go......
Oh, and flashlight, cell phone, matches, antibiotic
ointment, hydrgen pyroxide, bandaides, bunch of clean
bandanas(usefull for eveything from dressings to
wrappiing spains, to noses, and for acessories).Light
weiht poncho and light wieght jacket tied to the
outside of the pack(changeable weather), sweater,
good, several pairs of warm socks, some polyprops or
other long johns rolled up in a corner (changeable
weather) and a warm vest (to turn the light jacket
into a warm one with the sweater. Gloves and warm hat
in a pocket on the outside. Travelers in the winter
sometimes are stranded by blizzards in unexpected
places. Her blouse and pants or skirt can be whatever
she likes. If she has only one pair of shoes it should
be good work or hiking boots, that she can run in,
too.
Sharon, who knows this is more than you asked for,
but.....I have more food and other tips, too...In my
far and distant youth I lived out of a back pack for
extended periods of time. I carried a sleeping bag,
too as I don't like the feel of most of the sleeping
accomodations that aren't in private homes. Some
outfitters sell a silk sleeping bag that is just a
shell to keep contaminants off of skin while in a
hotel bed. Sounds like a good idea to me.
--- strandbe@... wrote:
> My daughter is getting ready to leave on a__________________________________________________
> many-month journey to visit friends and see more of
> the country. She'll be traveling by Amtrak and bus
> and will have a not-too-huge backpack.
>
> When she's traveled this way in the past she's
> encountered so many parents dragging children on
> journeys and not providing them with anything to do.
> This time she's taking along stickers and paper/pens
> to help them fill their time. She also thought of
> making finger puppets and giving them away.
>
> Any other suggestions? Remember, she is carrying
> everything on her back, so space is an obvious
> limitation.
>
> Susan
>
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Tia Leschke
>My sister uses string figures, like Cat's Cradle, to relate to children she
>When she's traveled this way in the past she's encountered so many parents
>dragging children on journeys and not providing them with anything to do.
>This time she's taking along stickers and paper/pens to help them fill
>their time. She also thought of making finger puppets and giving them away.
meets. All you need is the right length of string and the knowledge of how
to do them. I've seen books on string figures, and I wouldn't be surprised
if you could find something on the web.
Tia
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In a message dated 9/22/01 6:56:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, strandbe@...
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<< She also thought of making finger puppets and giving them away. >>
how about those bead people/animals or pipe cleaner figures?
Kathy
writes:
<< She also thought of making finger puppets and giving them away. >>
how about those bead people/animals or pipe cleaner figures?
Kathy
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<< Any other suggestions? Remember, she is carrying everything on her back,
so space is an obvious limitation. >>
Word games and songs? Your daughters have lots of mental-storage of that
stuff!!
Finger games--string games.
Flowers out of napkins or kleenex (like the Mexican wedding flowers-on-cars).
Bag ties would do those.
Sandra
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so space is an obvious limitation. >>
Word games and songs? Your daughters have lots of mental-storage of that
stuff!!
Finger games--string games.
Flowers out of napkins or kleenex (like the Mexican wedding flowers-on-cars).
Bag ties would do those.
Sandra
"Everything counts."
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Thanks f or all your great suggestions! I'll pass them along....
<<What a sweet girl to think of the children even before
she goes! How brave you are to let her go......>>
Oh, I'm not brave. Believe me, if I could make her stay here, I probably would! She's 21 and wants to have a lot of independent experience before she's "too old". The thought of her ALONE out there makes my stomach clench.
Susan
<<What a sweet girl to think of the children even before
she goes! How brave you are to let her go......>>
Oh, I'm not brave. Believe me, if I could make her stay here, I probably would! She's 21 and wants to have a lot of independent experience before she's "too old". The thought of her ALONE out there makes my stomach clench.
Susan