Comments on: Miles of Smiles: 101 Great Car Games and Activities http://www.permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:22:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rebecca Brown http://www.permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html#comment-5 Rebecca Brown Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:58:13 +0000 http://permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html#comment-5 I've seen those ads for minivans with little monitors for passengers in the back seats to watch movies. Frankly, the idea of appals me! Don't our children also need a vacation from TV & movies? How much real life are they missing? How dull will our children's brains become, being force-fed with endless artificial stories?<p>"Are we there yet?" is a question rarely asked when you bring MILES OF SMILES along on your journeys. It is a good book for travellers, chock-a-block with things to do with eyes & brains. Thinking on the move, exercising the brain cells, learning to wrap the tongue around strange words, thinking inside the head, rather than passively, staring into space as someone else's ideas reel into the mind.<p>In my childhood, the only way we went on vacations was by family car. My mother was the driver, with my father navigating. To retain his sanity, he invented all sorts of brain teasing games. So, I was thrilled when I came upon Carole Terwilliger Meyers' handy little book MILES OF SMILES. It's perfect for a glove compartment or a seat pocket. I have, however, played many of these games with my kids on busses, trains, even 'planes. <p>MILES OF SMILES is a book that will let you think, use your brain, get to know your family. It has a whole slew of new games to play, which can be adapted to any age passengers. In the Introduction, Carole Terwilliger Meyers even gives parents a clue as to how to entice teenagers into the games.<p>Pick up a couple of copies of MILES OF SMILES - just in case you lose the first! Rating: 5 / 5 I’ve seen those ads for minivans with little monitors for passengers in the back seats to watch movies. Frankly, the idea of appals me! Don’t our children also need a vacation from TV & movies? How much real life are they missing? How dull will our children’s brains become, being force-fed with endless artificial stories?

“Are we there yet?” is a question rarely asked when you bring MILES OF SMILES along on your journeys. It is a good book for travellers, chock-a-block with things to do with eyes & brains. Thinking on the move, exercising the brain cells, learning to wrap the tongue around strange words, thinking inside the head, rather than passively, staring into space as someone else’s ideas reel into the mind.

In my childhood, the only way we went on vacations was by family car. My mother was the driver, with my father navigating. To retain his sanity, he invented all sorts of brain teasing games. So, I was thrilled when I came upon Carole Terwilliger Meyers’ handy little book MILES OF SMILES. It’s perfect for a glove compartment or a seat pocket. I have, however, played many of these games with my kids on busses, trains, even ‘planes.

MILES OF SMILES is a book that will let you think, use your brain, get to know your family. It has a whole slew of new games to play, which can be adapted to any age passengers. In the Introduction, Carole Terwilliger Meyers even gives parents a clue as to how to entice teenagers into the games.

Pick up a couple of copies of MILES OF SMILES – just in case you lose the first!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Melkrag http://www.permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html#comment-4 Melkrag Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:40:19 +0000 http://permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html#comment-4 This was a great book, we have used it on 2 long trips so far and love it. There are tongue twisters, jokes, and lots of activities for everyone to participate in. A great buy!! Rating: 4 / 5 This was a great book, we have used it on 2 long trips so far and love it. There are tongue twisters, jokes, and lots of activities for everyone to participate in. A great buy!!
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: jsc http://www.permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html#comment-3 jsc Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:50:09 +0000 http://permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html#comment-3 I pulled this book out when things were degrading during our 3000+ mile road trip this summer. I chose a game, everyone played and had fun. The games are simple to learn, also indexed according to age group - which helped find an appropriate game quickly. When spending so much time in the car, you need many different "tools" to make it through. This is a great one! Rating: 5 / 5 I pulled this book out when things were degrading during our 3000+ mile road trip this summer. I chose a game, everyone played and had fun. The games are simple to learn, also indexed according to age group – which helped find an appropriate game quickly. When spending so much time in the car, you need many different “tools” to make it through. This is a great one!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Beverly http://www.permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html#comment-2 Beverly Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:02 +0000 http://permacastings.com/5-miles-of-smiles-101-great-car-games-and-activities.html#comment-2 This is a wonderful book with lots of fun easy to play games, especially helpful for traveling with kids, and in this day & age of all kinds of electronic toys and gadgets it's a great way to really interact with each other. Rating: 5 / 5 This is a wonderful book with lots of fun easy to play games, especially helpful for traveling with kids, and in this day & age of all kinds of electronic toys and gadgets it’s a great way to really interact with each other.
Rating: 5 / 5

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