Summer is here. It's time to start planning for your next family road trip. Road trips are great because, unlike airplane travel, you have the freedom to make detours and little stops along the way to your main destination. It's the best way to immerse yourself in the unique culture of the country and explore the road less travelled.

Planning for an epic road trip can be time consuming. So why not recruit your kids to plan it? This creative design challenge is fun printable worksheet set to encourage young children and students to plan their idea of an epic road trip.

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Printable & Activity Objectives

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Age: 6 to 9 year olds, Activity Time: 6-8 hours, Items Needed: Writing pencils

In this activity, your child have an opportunity to research, discuss, decide and document what the ideal road trip looks like.

It will help your child or student:

  • Learn to conduct complex travel research and planning via multiple information sources (online, books and through speaking with people).
  • Exercise his/her creative mind and help them explore a real-life scenario in a fun/safe way. It also provides them with an avenue for self-expression.

Let's start!


Classroom Resources

Simple steps to start:

  • Research and find out about the basics of planning a road trip. Here's a video with plenty of good planning tips from a seasoned road trip planner :)

Here's an interesting video about how a mom allowed her two young kids to plan their family road trip:

Here's a link to a comprehensive family road trip packing list:

Family Road Trip Packing List (+Essentials for Kids & What Not To Pack)
Family road trip packing list and essentials for road trips with kids. What to pack, but also what to leave behind. Find out!
  • Get started on the printable worksheets!

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What's in the Printable Worksheet Pack

This printable pack consists of 5 printable worksheets for your student or child to plan the most awesome family road trip. Here's what it consists of:

  • 1 printable road trip packing list.
  • 1 printable road trip media play list.
  • 1 printable road trip route planner.
  • 1 printable location activity planner.
  • 1 printable location day /schedule planner.

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