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~ Encouraging kids
to keep a travel journal or a travel diary and collect momentoes and photos
for creating a vacation scrapbook at home can really help kids in looking
at their family vacation with open eyes
~ A Kid Travel
diary as opposed to a travel journal can be more like noting down
important facts like times, dates and places you've been too whereas a
travel journal can include drawings, clipped pieces of travel momentoes
stuck in etc
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The most common type of Travel Journal is a travel diary.
~ Travel journals are often illustrated and have added clippings of your
family vacation whereas a travel diary is kept to record much shorter information
~ But the travel journal has always been popular on our family vacations
or even just short educational trips
How to keep a Travel Diary with Kids
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first thing is to buy a suitable travel journal that is kid friendly for
your type of family vacation.
ie if you are going on an outdoor vacation buy a sturdy leather journal
that can withstand the rough and tumble or rugged outdoor terrain and
if you are going on a plane trip that get a small mini travel journal
that can easily be stored away in a pocket
~ Maya loved having journaling pens and a mini bag with little journal
pages attached to a keyring on her trousers on one of those springy spirals
that stretch. That way her pens were always handy whether we were waiting
in a airport lounge or in sitting in a tight queue
Mayas kid travel journal accessories
Easy Travel writing for kids
~ A Travel Journal
Kid Friendly and handily availabel can shoten the longest waiting times
and get kids really exited about their surroundings. They pay attention
to what is happening in their surroundings and take in a lot more
~ Try going on travel scavenger hunts finding ticketstubs, little travel
momentoes to stick into their travel journal, pick some local flowers
and grasses to press, ( if they are not protected) look out for leaflets
anf flyers at family attractions that have pictures to cut out, take a
trip to the local tourist information office to get maps of the area to
study
~ The can draw their own maps into their travel journal, adding areas
of interest, local landmarks and sightseeing highlights
~ Search for interesting photo opportunities for creating a vacation scrapbook
~ Kids also love topic travel journals that are specializing in one travel
topic only
you can do a flora and fauna travel journal which can turn into a little
botanical handbook of the area you travelled on your family vacation
~ You can do a travel postcard travel journal, adding a postcard from
every town and family attraction you visited and searching shops and markets
for vintage travel post card to see how the area might have changed Check
out the local museum for pictures of how the town or resort may have looked
50 years ago and study a bit of its history keeping notes on famous people
that lived here, famous landmarks etc
~ If your kids need
a little help getting started with their travel journal
kid writing
prompts might spark off their imagination
~ Traveling with kids
can be real great fun and the opportunities for turning a family vacation
into a joyful educational travel tour are plenty
~ With a little research, the right equipment to stimulate a learning
environment and plenty of patience you are well on your way to creating
a perfect family vacation
~ Homeschooling allows for plenty of travel time and Maya and I love going
on little ducational trips in our camper van RV , but most off all we
love making travel journals, create lapbooks and vacation scrapbooks to
remind us of the fun we had learning whilst traveling
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Leather
Journals
~ A Leather Journal or Leather diary is or favorite when when going on family
outdoor vacations
~ Leather bound journals are sturdy, often water resistand and well made
to withstand the bashing about whilst traveling with kids
~ ~Compare different Travel Journal
Kid Journal Types
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