posted Jul 2, 2009 5:11 PM by ruth greenwood
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June 30 - Do you have one of those new-fangled scan functions on your car radio? Then fasten your seat belts and prepare to play “Catch That Song,” included in the iPhone app "Family Car Games" created by Ruth Greenwood, her husband, and their two teens. The object of the song game is to start “at the bottom of the dial and count how many songs anyone in the family can identify,” Greenwood says, adding that “when we play, there's a lot of exasperated ‘Oh! Oh! I know that! I know that!’ before the scanner moves onto the next song.” As for the rules, “tune the radio to the bottom of the FM dial [and] push the 'scan' button,” explains Greenwood. “Every time you hear a song that you can name the title of, call it out and award yourself one point; every time you know the singer, band or composer, award yourself one point. If you know both the song name and artist, you get three points.” She suggests appointing a point counter, “usually the most cool-headed contestant.”
by travel writer Paul Eisenberg, in his weekly column, Away Game |
posted Jul 2, 2009 5:10 PM by ruth greenwood
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updated Jul 2, 2009 5:37 PM
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Road Trip Sanity, Part II by Kathy Peel Jun 24th 2009 10:00AM Categories: Preschoolers, Fun & activities, Toys & games Last week I confessed that my mood improved and family vacations became a lot more fun when I stopped expecting my husband to read my mind about what needed to happen to get the five of us packed and out the door. Forms and checklists that Bill and I created helped us work together to plan and divvy trip tasks, eliminating much marital strife. (Even this week, years later as we prepare for vacation, we're using the packing checklist we created.) Shortly after we figured out how to begin our trips on a positive note, I thought, why not do what we can to reach our destination on a positive note instead of secretly wishing we could put the bags in the car and tie our three over-energized boys to the luggage rack? Backseat boredom and disorganization were fodder for fights and frustration, so I began implementing ideas to quell chaos and promote peace. I share a few with you here, along with ideas from other moms who've discovered ways to make family road trips more fun. ... Phone games. The Greenwood family of Princeton, N.J. created fun games for their own family and turned them in to an iPhone app called Family Car Games with instructions for 100 games families can play in the car.
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posted Jul 2, 2009 5:10 PM by ruth greenwood
posted Jul 2, 2009 5:09 PM by ruth greenwood
posted Jul 2, 2009 5:09 PM by ruth greenwood
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