Along for the Ride

Welcome to Along For The Ride!

This is a podcast specifically designed for kids and parents/caregivers to listen to together while you're in the car.  Our time in the car is the PERFECT opportunity for you to connect and have fun together!

In this trailer I'm sharing about the intentions of this podcast and what you can expect from the episodes already available for you to download and the new ones coming out this year.

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I hope you have the best day ever! 

During this episode, we’re going to play a game that will challenge us to listen and pay close attention! It’s all about repeating patterns. We’re also discussing gratitude as we prepare for Thanksgiving next week!

Hello everyone!! I’m JJ and I’m just thrilled to bring you another episode of the Along for the Ride Podcast! It’s our mission to help families have fun and make memories while riding in the car! I believe that there is always an opportunity to have fun and that things are more enjoyable when we look up and play together! 

Kids Car Game - Pattern Replication

I’ve got a brand new game for us that’s going to test your memory. Let’s see just how well you can repeat a given pattern. I’m calling this game Repeat After Me. We will play a few different rounds where I’ll give you a pattern and you’ll repeat it back. It might be words. It might be sounds. It might be numbers. It might be claps or stomps! You’ll have to pay close attention so you can get it right. 

Also, try to do it exactly as I do. If I clap softly, you clap softly. 

Here’s an example. If I say, “Apple Pie. Pumpkin Bread. Bonfire. Fried Turkey. Gobble Gobble” then you would say, “Apple Pie. Pumpkin Bread. Bonfire. Fried Turkey. Gobble Gobble” Easy, right? You can tell that I’ve got Thanksgiving on my mind! 

I think this was one of my favorite games! Thank you so much for playing along! You can play this game anywhere. The next time you’re out and about and need an activity to pass the time, play this game with your friends and take turns making up the patterns! 

Talking about Gratitude with Kids

This episode is airing the week before Thanksgiving. This is one of the most special times of the year! You’ve got a break from school coming, you’re making your Christmas lists, maybe your family is like mine and you’ve already got your Christmas decorations out! With all the excitement of December coming, I want to encourage you to not miss out on the joy and the meaning of Thanksgiving. 

Thanksgiving is all about gratitude. Gratitude is being thankful for the things that you have - a place to live, food on the table, clothes to wear. How can you show gratitude to the people you love? What are some things you can do or say?

Can you think of something right now? Say it out loud! 

Gratitude also comes out in our attitude. When you think about what you are grateful for, it is an instant mood lifter! The next time you feel angry or sad, think about the things you are most grateful for. List them out in your mind or on a piece of paper. Just see what happens! 

You can even make a game out of it! Try to see how many things you can say that you are grateful for! And by the way, we can show gratitude all year, not just on Thanksgiving! 

Hey Parents, I found an interesting article on VeryWellMind.Com on how to teach gratitude to kids. It gives easy ideas on how we can show and teach gratitude to our kids! 

Episode 14 of Along for the Ride is all about Creativity! Together we'll draw a fun fall-themed picture (kids will need something to draw on and draw with), discuss ideas for Spooky Halloween-themed crafts to do together, and end our time with some riddles. 

Today's game is going to require something that you can draw on like a piece of paper in a notebook, the back of a flyer, or whatever you have on hand! You’ll also need a writing utensil, like a pen, pencil, marker, or crayon. Because, this is a drawing game, the driver cannot play along with us. You've got the most important job and that's getting us to where we need to be safely. 

Before you start the drawing game, I believe that everyone is creative.  We all have unique gifts and talents that help us see the world in different and creative ways.

With Halloween coming up at the end of this month, I thought we could talk through some Spooky Craft ideas for you and your family to do together. These are not elaborate crafts, but simple and fun things to make with things you most likely already have on hand.  I think making time and space to do crafts is one of the most fun and creative things you can do. What you make is an expression of fun and your own creativity.

You can see examples of some of these crafts and click links to instructions on this episode's show notes at Alongfortheride.info

Thank you so much for listening to Along for the Ride! I hope that you are inspired to do something creative today! Whether it is coming up with your own riddle, drawing a new fall scene, or getting to work on one of the fall crafts as soon as you get home, do something CREATIVE! We all have creativity inside of us. It's up to us to find fun ways to get it out!