With Cars 2 out this summer -- and also because my boys just love cars -- we had to have a week about car racing in our summer camp at home. Last time we went to Disney World, we had to visit Ridemakerz in Downtown Disney to check out the kinds of toy cars we could custom make. My preschooler made a ... well, a rescue dump truck. How's that for customization?Anyway, this week will be about cars and racing. One thing I'd like to do is count the number of toy cars my kids have -- honestly, I have no idea. We will put them in rows of 10 for a real-world, hands-on visualization of numbers and counting. We can sort them by color, too. Other things on tap this week:
- Have a racing playdate. Invite friends to a park to have races. Everyone is a winner for participating!
- Dress up as race car drivers and pretend play/role play.
- Have kids draw pictures of cars they would like to drive. (I know mostly it will look like scribbles; that's OK.)
- Make a racing flag (perfect for the racing playdate!) and maybe even a craft trophy.
- Make a cardboard race car to play in (great for pretend play!).
- We might see Cars 2. Again.
- Read R Is For Race, World’s Fastest Cars, Hot Rod Hamster, If I Built a Car, Little Racing Car and other books from our public library.
I had wanted to take the kids to one of the local speedways (there are two about an hour away, one north and one south), but nothing is going on this week. Probably because it's too darn hot! If there is a speedway near you, a visit might be another fun activity.
