Developed in partnership with Education Services Australia.

It’s easy to make up travel games that merge in some literacy and numeracy practice. Here are a few to get you on the road.

• Licence Plate Lingo
  
  Take the letters from a licence plate
  
  Think of a word that includes all the letters
  
  Score one point if the letters are in a different order to the licence plate, and two points if they're in the same order.
  
  Example: if the plate is ABC123:
  
    cab, back and Cuba score one point
  
    abacus and anti-bacterial score two points.
• Twin Letters develops your child’s speed reading skills:
  
  Choose two random letters
  
  Spot signs that feature those two letters.
• Cool Cars is a great way to expand vocabulary:
  
  Pick a vehicle
  
  Think of two adjectives to describe the vehicle itself
  
  Then two adverbs to describe how it is moving.
• Guess the Part
  
  Choose a part of the car and describe what it does (without naming it)
  
  See if the other person can name it.
  
  Example: You use it to make the car turn. (Answer: steering wheel)
• Mega Numbers practices large numbers and number order
  
  Take the numbers from a license plate or a sign
  
  Reorder the digits to make the largest number possible.
  
  Example: JK3916 becomes 9631
• Sign Sum Challenge
  
  Pick a number that you see on a sign
  
  Take turns to make sums that equal that number.
  
  Example: if the number is 80, the sums could be 79 + 1, or 100 – 20, or 150 – 70, or 8 x 10, or 160 ÷ 2.

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