Roadschooling: Making Car Time Learning Time

Road trips. They’re not for the weak. 🤣 Too often, car rides are seen as time away from “real learning.” Let’s shift this thinking - car time is prime for forced listening. 😉 Music appreciation. Many kids have to take it in college, right? Start now. And no it doesn’t have to be boring. 🎶Sing along with old and new musicals. Hamilton counts as history too, right? 🎵Pick a composer and listen. John Williams and Hans Zimmer totally count! (Doesn’t have to be dead 1700s old guys.) 🎶Introduce them to the genre of the historic period you’re studying. Jazz. Ragtime. 🎵Play some cultural music or foreign language songs. They need it’s okay to not fully understand the words. 🎶Make a playlist of old hymns or current church songs. It’s worship, and they’re learning to participate in churches different than their own. 🎵Pick a time period. Queen. Beatles. Much listening doesn’t have to be boring. 🎶Listen to their favorite music. It opens all kinds of conversation. ⚠️You don’t have to go study the composers or test their recall or even discuss. It’s okay to just have fun! My kids don’t think of my radio at schooling. This is sneaky learning. 🤪PS. It’s also okay to just let them watch TV and ignore them. I do this a lot of the time. Or I might go crazy. 🤪 . . . Homeschool mom life means lots of driving for all their activities! Check out what my roadschooling friends are listening to for more ideas. @tolbertstakethetrail @duckcrossinghomeschool . . . .