Travel Games
Traveling might not be some unique experience but it certainty is great fun when you are with a big group or your family. But, it is rather hard to ignore the fact that one tends to get very bored if there is no activity happening during the travel. The activity could be in any form – a game, or a chat or anything that involves constant physical and mental presence of individuals.
Travel games are an excellent way to keep the fun alive during travels. It captures young minds while provides a good distraction to the not so young ones! And the best part is that no one minds playing some good games during travels!
A very common travel game is Word Building. In this game, a person begins by spelling a word with the alphabet ‘A’, the next person must build up a word from the last alphabet of the previous word. For example if a person says A for Apple then the next person must build a word from the letter ‘E’ since E is the least letter of the previous word. This helps kids to improve their hold on English and provides them an opportunity to learn new words. Proper nouns are not considered as words in this game.
A similar game is The Professor’s Cat. In this game, the participants must complete the sentence ‘The Professor’s cat is_______’. The first player fills in a word with the letter ‘A’. Similarly the next person would fill in a word with letter ‘B’ and thus the whole group can participate and check whether you find suitable words to fill in the gap from A to Z!
A very engrossing game is Family Fact or Fiction. This game is best when you are traveling with your family. In this, a member of the family must say three things about themselves – out of which 2 must be true statements while 1 must be a false statement. The others must pick out the false statement. A point is given to the person who picks out the false statement else the person who bluffs well will get the point! It’s a nice travel game since it helps you to know your family better and have fun at the same time!
Some simple paper travel games such as connect-the-dots; hangman, tic-tac-toe etc also are great fun and help kids learn a lot in the process! Many enacting games where you need to identify which movie or which animal or which thing is being enacted out. There are memory games as well where you are made to see a geometrical drawing and you are asked to reproduce the same on a separate sheet of paper. This is a good test of short term memory and is used by many psychologists to test various skills of a person!
Travel games must be such which do not require many items. Pens, paper, cards etc – such stuff must be used to play so that it is not much of a task carrying the extra game luggage! But always be very careful when playing such games in crowded trains or even in flights. You must not disturb the fellow passengers nor create any kind of inconvenience for them! So play, have fun and enjoy your travel trips! Happy gaming!!
- P. Asha Ritu
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