More Math in the Car

A few years ago, I picked up a book called Carschooling, by Diane Flynn Keith.  So far, I love it.  It's full of fun ideas that can keep our family enjoying a long car ride without falling into arguments due to anticipation or boredom.

On a recent car trip, I dug it out to look for some new math activities.  A song that we enjoyed for at least a few verses was a variation of "99 Bottles of Beer On the Wall."  I substituted 'beer' with 'juice.'  The lyrics went something like this:

7 bottles of juice on the wall
7 bottles of juice!
Take 3 down and pass it around.
How many bottles of juice on the wall?

Or,

5 bottles of juice on the wall
5 bottles of juice!
Went to the store and bought 4 more.
How many bottles of juice on the wall?

SpiderGirl was having fun, but since BatBoy is just starting to be interested in addition and subtraction, he didn't participate.  We soon switched to another game.

The kids are getting taller and can now look out the window.  The very simple game of looking for circles both inside and outside the car lasted for a good 20 minutes.  Then we looked for triangles.  When we arrived at our destination, the kids were still looking for geometric shapes.