| ~ 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 | What's
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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
~ the 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
| 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
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