Where to do maths on the road to vacation?

The suitcases are packed and the children are impatient to go to Grandpa and Grandma's, to the mountains or why not to a paradise island?

And you don't know how to keep them busy for the long hours of travel that await you!

Rest assured, we have found the solution for you, in all modesty, to keep your little geniuses occupied in an intelligent way.

You are leaving by car

The distance game: Throughout your journey, you will come across signs indicating the distance you have left to travel before reaching your destination: “Lyon 120 km” or “Rennes: 45 km”. So knowing that Dad, or Mom, or the big brother who already has a license, drives at 110 km/h on the highway, when will we arrive at our destination?

The Departments Game: At one time, children learned the departments and their corresponding numbers by heart at school; today this is no longer the case. So what better way to learn them than on the road to the holidays? This game can allow the youngest to tame numbers and figures and to work their memory.

The gasoline game : Because the car cannot run without gasoline, and because it is what punctuates the journey with short breaks at motorway service stations, it is up to your children to play and determine where on the journey (and how many times) they will have to stop depending on the number of kilometres to be covered.

You are leaving by train

The game of delays: No no, trains are not ALWAYS late, but often anyway. A curse? No way! More like a nice way to do maths :)
“The train to Marseille Saint Charles initially scheduled for 10:33 will leave 40 minutes late.” So what time will the train leave?

The magazine game: Because to keep your little geniuses busy on the train, you might go and buy them a magazine or a small book for the journey. It's up to them to pay and give the correct amount to the cashier or to check that the seller (or saleswoman) has given them the correct change.

The door-to-door game: Mom said “door-to-door it will take about 5 hours”. “Door-to-door” means from the moment your feet leave the doormat at home to the moment your feet land on Grandpa and Grandma’s doormat. So 5 minutes to walk to the RER station, 10 minutes of waiting, 40 minutes of RER, 30 minutes of waiting… etc…

Got it? Great for calculating a full journey and playing with times :D

You are leaving by plane

The Countries Game : Are you going to New York? Hawaii or Tokyo? This game can help your children estimate distances. Using a map (or just their imagination if you don't have a map with you) ask them to estimate how far away the different destinations on the departures board are.
Knowing that Paris is 780 km from Marseille. How far are you from the United States or Japan?

The airplane game : You are waiting endlessly in front of the notice board and your little geniuses are starting to get impatient. Ask them to estimate how many planes are leaving during the day!
To do this, it's simple: on the panel you have the number of planes that leave between 9am and 10am for example. Knowing that a day has 24 hours (but that the airport may be closed for a few hours during the night), it's up to them to estimate how many planes will take off today!

(Can also be displayed in front of the arrivals board ;) )

Passenger Game : You arrive on the plane and your little ones are impressed by the number of passengers? Ask them how many people are on the plane!
Just count the number of rows? Sure, but you have to multiply by the number of seats! A nice way to review the tables on the road to vacation!

Happy holidays!!!