Virtual Travel on Maps, Maps, Maps

I was searching the web for old maps of Africa, when I came across all these cool resrouces for kids! Little Luc is currently obsessed with maps since Dad started travelling more and more, so I plan on doing something with these resources:-

1.   Owl & Mouse

This site provides interactive maps to help your kids learn about continents, countries, capitals, borders and other geographical aspects. The coolest feature is printable maps that fit on one page or spread out over 64 pages. Great!

2.   National Geographic’s Kids and the new Little Kids sites.

On the Kids’ site there is a map machine, aimed at older children and parents. It contains interactive maps with quizzes and fun facts. For the younger ones, clear pictures with captions you can read to them, with parent tips and resources. Certainly worth checking out.

I think these resources would be a great aid in preparing for a trip somewhere.

Powered by ScribeFire.

Baby Equipment Hire

I don’t know what’s worse at airports; dragging your children around or dragging all their equipment around that takes up all those precious kilo’s available for some holiday shopping.

What we’ve done in the past, is to hire equipment at our ultimate destination and I can tell you, it makes a huge difference to the already frail family dynamic, if you don’t have to struggle with essential, but unwanted, equipment.

Babylite offers a full equipment rental service that looks pretty comprehensive and they deliver in and around Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

Powered by ScribeFire.

Flying with Baby

The subtitle on this website aptly reads, ” getting there without going insane”.

It is filled with flying tips for small babies based on personal experience and I plan on reading up on it all when we face our first plane trip.

Powered by ScribeFire.

Secrets to a Fab Family Vacation

Gosh I didn’t even look like this on holiday before children, nevermind After Children.

We’ve just returned from a holiday on the beach which just confirmed, that really, holidays with children can’t really be called a holiday.

It was a great holiday, just not what I’m used to calling a holiday as I would’ve called it BC (Before Children). It’s really just the same stuff, different venue.

However, if you’re planning a holiday, Parents.com has some good tips (including this ultra-glamorous picture of a model that clearly doesn’t have children. If she had, the baby would’ve been wearing the hat, hers would still be lost somewhere in all the bags the porter is struggling to get to the room.)

Travel Tips for Families

Powered by ScribeFire.

Travelling with Toddlers

A lot of my friends agree; travelling with young children on a cross-continent plane trip is a daunting undertaking. One of my friends has actually taken the plunge and is undertaking the pioneering task for all of us by flying to France with a 2.5 year old and an 11 month old this week. We’re thinking of you Karlien.

I on the otherhand, when faced with the unknown, go on the prowl on the internet and Swissmiss mentioned this DVD which I am immediately adding to my library, judging by the rave reviews on Amazon.

Amazon.com: The I’m A Good Little Traveler! DVD Toolkit Series: Shae by Air: DVD: Shae Kober,Brian Burling

Powered by ScribeFire.

National Geographic’s Africa Travel Planner

National Geographic has a very nice traveller site with lots of tips and resources for international travel.

They have launched an African travel planner which is really quite impressive, obviously aimed at Americans, but the web resources are really nice.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/extras/planner/africa/index.html 

Certainly a site you can recommend to anybody who hasn’t travelled extensively in Africa.

Simple Origami for Kids and Adults

In case you have forgotten how to fold a paper plane or boat, this is an excellent site for you to entertain your kids endlessly.

http://www.origami-instructions.com/

The animals are sure to be a hit, and who knows, maybe one day my 2-year old will actually do this HIMSELF.

technorati tags:crafts

Blogged with Flock