Car Travel Games for Road Trips–’I Spy’
The I Spy Games
I Spy is one of the first car games your kids will probably ever learn. It’s the kind of game you start playing with kids long before the first car trip. You may have played it for the first time with your little one in the doctor’s office—when you were waiting … and waiting … for your name to be called. It might be one of the first games that pops into your head to keep your child from getting bored. It’s a great game to play one-on-one or in a group.
I Spy with One Child
If you’re playing with one child, you start by saying “I spy with my little eye, something that is …” and fill in with a color. The child is then required to guess what it is you’re looking at. You can pick any color, of course. It’s a great way to help your child build an understanding of colors.
When the child guesses the object, it is then the child’s turn to “spy” something. You keep going back and forth, alternating turns.
If the child is a little bit older, you can use letters. “I spy with my little eye, something starting with the letter B.” If the child knows some basic reading skills, you can easily play this game with him or her.
If one of you never guesses the object and “gives up,” the person who did the spying gets to take another turn.
