282: Screen Free Travel With Young Kids

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Snack ideas for traveling:
- Veggie bag - carrots spears, celery spears, bell pepper spears, chop up cucumber - put in bag with a little bit of water at the bottom
- Mandarin oranges
- Apples
- Cheese sticks
- Crackers
- Chomp beef sticks
- Chewable vitamins
- Bagel and cream cheese sandwiches
- Gum

Screen free activities for traveling:
- Books on tape:
- Focus on the Family - https://www.focusonthefamily.com/resources-audio-books/
- Lamplighter - https://lamplighter.net
- Your Story Hour - https://www.yourstoryhour.org
- "Carry On Mr. Bowditch" read aloud book
- E.B White read aloud books
- "Robin Hood" by Howard Pyle
- "Black Beauty"
- Little House books
- "Story of the World" by Susan Wise Bauer
- Music CD’s:
- Now That I’m A Father children’s album - https://music.apple.com/us/album/now-that-im-a-father/1514495049
- Classical conversations
- Timeline
- Classical music
- Drawing:
- Boogie boards/erasable sketch pads - https://amzn.to/49KVFHH
- Sketchbooks with a pencil
- Sticker books:
- Trucks - https://amzn.to/3xBZfa3
- America's Top Gun Fighter Planes - https://amzn.to/441SqKU
- Smile Every Day - https://amzn.to/49DzKSX
- Vehicles - https://amzn.to/4aWmIkn
- Melissa & Doug Lace and Trace Activity Set - https://amzn.to/3U03cNg
- Knitting
- Reading
- Our kid's favorites are the Great Illustrated Classics

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0:00.0	Okay, you guys, I'm excited about this episode. It's a very tactical, practical episode and we are getting down to the nitty-gritty of how to travel with children without relying on screens.
0:10.8	This is something we have done for years now. We actually did it before we
0:14.0	technically became screen free or started to embrace a more screen free lifestyle.
0:19.2	And so our kids don't know anything different. We don't know anything different.
0:23.8	And we're going to share some of our tips and tricks
0:26.4	with you guys.
0:26.9	I hope it's helpful.
0:28.0	If you enjoy this episode, share it with a friend,
0:30.5	give it a thumbs up.
0:32.0	If you think about how you are even listening
0:34.7	to this podcast right now, it's probably
0:36.0	because someone you know and loved told you about it.
0:38.7	And so, you know, think, who could you text
0:42.0	and now that we're a family podcast episode
0:43.7	too it this that is how this podcast grows and so we are so thankful for you guys
0:48.8	as listeners spreading the word and increasing the community here it now that we're a family.
0:53.7	The now that we're a family.
1:02.1	Well this is kind of a timely episode because we are right snap
1:06.8	snap dab no we are right smack dab
1:10.0	we're right smack dab in the midst of a busy travel season for us and I'm sure that's the case for a lot of families as spring is here and then obviously summer is going to be rolling around and that tends to be the time where people are hopping in the car and going to
1:25.2	family reunions, weddings, all sorts of events.
1:28.6	Yeah, for this episode I actually brought along a few props. I know that this is audio and video so don't
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