How many Australian Animals can you find on our Map Journal?

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With the coming of the  school holidays here in Australia and their associated car trips with children, to help alleviate the ‘Are we there yet?‘s, I’ve created an Eye Spy game with the aid of either of our maps ~ the Map Journal, which is A2 size, or a little Mail-It Map that is A3 size.

1.  See how many animals you can spot on a Journey Jottings Map ~

(Clue: There are 27 different creatures illustrated)

Journey Jottings Map of Australia

2. When, after a period of time, only ”some’ have been found and the need for a few pointers are required ~

 

Click this link:  How many animals can you find LIST

and print out ready to provide either a list that can be called out one by one, or if the child can read to mark off the animals as they are found.

Some are fairly easy such as this kangaroo…

Kangaroo

3. When it gets to the point of needing a few visual clues, have the pages in this

 

Click link: Find the Animals

ready printed out, which offers pictures of what to look for ;)

Such as this koala…

Koala

Some are a little more tricky to spot than others, such as this crocodile

Crocodile

Now, where could he be lurking? ;)

There is one ‘sneaky’ animal, and that is the platypus, who is only visible by the ripples he’s making on the water’s surface, which is accurate in that that is usually all you do see of them! :D

Platypus

Is he too shy to show himself?

Looking for other car game ideas?

This time last year I posted the Post Office Passport game ~ For this, children have to Eye-Spy the red Australia Post Office  ”P” symbol, which then requires a pit stop so as to get your Map Journal or Mail-It Map rubber stamped with the individual postmark for that location ~

And here is a link to ’10 fun family games for travel time’

Happy travels!

Share with us below…

 

How many animals did YOU find? ;)

Post Office Passport

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School holidays in Australia, can mean lengthy car trips with children to either go and visit interstate relatives or simply go on hollers to the beach ~

It’s a good time to share an idea put to me by a Post Office owner who I met at a Trade Fair. She was telling me how each Post Office has its own individual rubber-stamp specific to their location.

There’s a great travelling eye spy game to be had here!

Children must have eyes peeled on a car journey to spot the red Australia Post Office symbol.

aus_post_symbol

Armed with either a Map Journal or Mail-It Map for using as their ‘Post Office Passport’ the children go into the Post Office to ask may they have their map uniquely stamped in one of the surrounding (jotting) boxes.

Eye Spy with my little eye a red and white Australia Post Sign!

Eye Spy with my little eye a red and white Australia Post Sign!

  • Keeps the children occupied en route
  • Gives a sense of purpose during pit stops and
  • A fun visual memento of every car trip having a map surrounded by rubber stamps commemorating all the places they’ve been

A great travelling game whether going on a long trip, short trip or even popping to the shops! ;-)