4 Ways to Promote Language During Car Rides

Car rides, especially long road trips, present a great opportunity for targeting language skills. Check out 4 ways to target language skills during car rides - long or short!

1. I spy

   Encourage vocabulary-building and thinking skills by giving your child clues to expand language, such as the color, shape, function, and texture of the object you're describing.

2. Scavenger Hunt

   Encourage receptive language by having your child listen, smell, and look for items during car rides.

3. Would You Rather

   Encourage conversations by asking your child open-ended, thought-provoking, controversial, or plain silly questions.

4. Tell Stories

   Encourage retelling, narrating, and sequencing skills by having your child narrate events from their day or by making up stories that are inspired by what they see during the car ride.