Preparing for a Trip With Kids
When planning a trip with kids, involving them in the process can be a rewarding experience for all. Why should you let your kids help plan a trip? It can build life skills, encourage responsibility, help them appreciate diverse cultures, and strengthen family bonds.
Planning a Trip? Let Your Child Help
Get your child excited about an upcoming trip by letting them help make the plans! Here are a few ways to get them started.
Literacy
Help Kids Prep for a Family Trip
Tips for Traveling With Preschoolers
In the new “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” special, “Daniel Visits a New Neighborhood,” Daniel and his mom go on a trip far away — somewhere Daniel has never been before. Here are ideas for how to travel with your young child.
Prepare for a Trip With Molly
Use Molly’s Trip Planning Guide to help your family prepare for an upcoming trip!
Super Snack Tips for Road Trips With Kids
Pack some fun and healthy snacks for your next road trip. Check out these do’s, don’ts, and recipe ideas.
Download These "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" Episodes and Games for Your Road Trip
Taking a family road trip? Download these Daniel Tiger travel games and episodes for kids.
Activities to Do on a Family Trip
Free Road Trip Games and Activities for Kids
Ease boredom and wiggles with a mix of free on-screen and off-screen activities from PBS KIDS for your next road trip or other travel plans. No Wi-Fi needed!
8 Children’s Books About Taking a Trip
Books can inspire curiosity about the world — and they can also show ways characters prepare to travel. Read these books together and then plan out your next adventure, real or imaginary!
Create a Map to Tell a Story
30 min activityMake a map with Molly that shows the route of a trip you took and the landmarks you noticed along the way.
8 Brain-Building Games to Play in the Car
Ready for that family road trip? Here are eight fun games to play — that also exercise the brain — while you’re on-the-go!
The Big Gathering Game
Help Molly get ready for "The Big Gathering" by completing tasks and then checking them off of her to do list.
Best Road Trip Crafts and Activities
Planning a family road trip? Beat boredom with these fun travel-friendly crafts and activities your children can do in the car.
Play with PBS KIDS
Where Would You Go?
If you could travel anywhere, where would you go and why? Write and draw about it!
Nature Road Trip
Join the gang on a nature road trip visiting national parks and natural wonders around the United States.
Alma Train Game
All Aboard with Alma! Build your own subway system to drop off and pick up passengers!