How can I keep kids entertained during a long road trip?.

MP3 & DVD players are great to have on hand but they don't allow for as much family interaction. Our road trips always had conversations going back & forth, playing the Alphabet game, naming the states, the story roundabout (where one person started a story with "One day..." says a few sentences, then another would pick up the story thread...this was one game the driver could play as well ). We'd stop every 2 hours for 10 minutes to let everyone stretch their legs, grab waters, etc.

One of our favorite Road Trips was when I gave each child 3 tickets, one each for Lunch, Dinner, and Stop & Explore. At any time, any one of them could spot something on the road they wanted to check out & we'd stop, no questions asked. The kids loved it because it gave them some decision power & they were all much more invested in the trip. It made for a memorable, fun, & free-wheeling Road Trip.

Here are some other links that I found which offer other ideas & practical information: ActivitiesforKids, Traveling with Toddlers, Kidzworld.

A portable DVD player with their favorite movies will do the job.

There are several things you can do like video now,sony psp,game boy,travel dvd player,travel board games, on the road the imagination is a woderful thig thats what kept me sain as child.