Greening on the go!

So for the last week we have been traveling around visiting family in Illinois and St. Louis. It is not always easy to keep my children's "green" education as a priority while at the same time living our life on the go. But there are a few things that we try to do while we travel (because we car-travel A LOT!) to keep our kids (okay at this point just Sam!) learning and appreciating the outdoors.

While in the car we try to point things out to each other and to Sam. She loves to spot cows and any other farm animals that she knows. Cows are typically the easiest because there will be lots of them that are easy to see from a distance. Chris and I also point out any other wildlife that we see, especially birds. When it is just one animal at a time or we spot it at the last minute we don't always get Sam to see it but as she gets older she will become more and more a part of the wildlife spotting that we do in the car.

It is really hard to keep a two year old happy in the car and to battle the whining we do use a DVD player. But I have found that there are some great DVD out there, even some with my daughters favorite characters, that help to teach her about the environment and entertain her at the same time. Handy Manny has a "green" themed DVD and elmo has several movies about the outdoors and environmental concerns.

So, even though it isn't perfect we still try our best to keep up the education while spending days in the car!