With summer here and road trips on the go, there are 2 books that I am confident will rescue you (and your children) once the dreaded "Are we there yet?" questions start setting in. They are also perfect for a rainy day, or those moments when your kids start saying "I'm bored!".
DK Books has released 2 doodle books this year that are perfect to allow your kids to use their imagination and creativity. Both feature dry erase markers that allow kids to wipe their books clean and start the fun all over again!
My First Doodle Fun and
My First Doodle On The Go are not only well priced, making them accessible to everyone, but they really are fun for the whole family! These board books ensure that they can be held and used comfortably in their laps while in the car or elsewhere, and are chock full of ideas to get their creativity flowing.
I am always trying to reduce the time my kids spend on electronics, and these books are a great way to do it! They won't even realize that they aren't playing their favourite video game or watching a DVD!
Both books contain 26 pages and start off with the page "This Book Belongs To:", allowing your kids to practice writing their names and has a picture frame where kids can doodle in their own rendition of what they look like. This will lead to all kinds of hilarity! They can decorate or add on to a fish, a rocket ship, flowers, fairies, animals and pets along with a whole slew of other engaging ideas. There are plenty of seasonal pages like designing their own ice cream cones or a snowman, and they can draw a number of crazy faces. My son loves this page in particular and the silliness is contagious! There is a page dedicated to numbers and even a section on where they live, allowing them to work on learning their address. There are also 2 pages of art frames where they can create their own art show and 2 pages for free doodling.
You do have to keep your eyes on them when they are using these, as the dry erase marker is not washable. It would be nice to see DK Books come up with a washable and scent free marker for future editions.
These books are geared to kids 0-5yrs, but everyone in the family can join in. We have done it ourselves! They are wonderfully geared to kids of all genders and incorporate not only fun, but self expression, reading, writing and numbers.
This is already a hit and will be travelling with us everywhere this summer, and likely until the books wear out, which based on their sturdiness, will be a long, long, time.
Both these books retail for $8.99CAN at full price, but you can currently get them from DK Books'
Summer Fun Boutique for only $6.29CAN each!
Happy road tripping!
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