A Car Trip To The Hospital: A Ready Made Mobile Classroom.
There will be plenty of families like us facing the battle and balance of keeping up schooling whilst dealing with long term health problems which involve repeat visits/stays in hospital. Two of my children require frequent hospital attention and the challenge then arises to make sure their education does not get forgotten in the world of needles, operations and doctors. Over the years I have used the car as a mobile teaching portal. We are in there for an hour and a half at least every hospital visit, and playing fun games helps settle the nerves and helps the time pass for us all. Car/bus/train games are surprisingly educational once you start getting into the spirit of them. They provide a moving landscape full of pockets of information across all topics. 'I spy with my little eye' is a classic which teaches young children vocabulary linking the alphabet and phonics, teaching observational and concentration skills. Science can be covered in the weather report, and t...