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In-Flight Fun For Kids
With one of these children's game books onboard, even the longest
plane ride will go faster.
Great Games for Kids on the Go: Over 240 Travel Games to Play on
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
by Penny Warner
Retail price: $12.95
Ages 4 to 8
This topic is full of entertaining educational games to help your kids
while away the miles. Each game is highly engaging and entertaining
and requires few materials and very little space.
Brain Quest for the Car: 1,100 Questions and Answers
All About America
by Sharon Gold
Retail price: $10.95
Ages 7 to 12
This topic features cards with questions about American geography,
culture, and customs.
Vacation Fun Mad Libs: World's Greatest Party Game
by Roger Price
Retail price: $3.99
Ages 8 and up
As suggested by the title, this topic is chock-full of Mad Libs. Your kids
will want to keep playing even after you've touched down.
like rolled dried fruit, which are
much less sticky and wet and
more compact and packable than
actual fruit. Blueberry or raisin
bagels also make for a neat,
healthy sweet and yield fewer
crumbs than cookies or cakes.
Ginger snaps, crisp and not as
crumbly as softer cookies, will also
help curb mild cases of motion
sickness. And don't forget to stash
a few resealable plastic bags in
your purse. They'll prove invalu-
able for storing everything from
half-eaten crackers and fruit to
checker pieces and matchbox cars.
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Juice or cookies
will not only
keep them distracted during
ascent and descent—often the
scariest parts of flight for a child—
they will also help their little ears
pop as cabin air pressure shifts
rapidly. Juice (paper cartons travel
best) will also keep them swallow-
ing and help them to stay properly
hydrated. Avoid giving young
children gum or hard candies,
since sudden turbulence may
cause them to choke.
• If your children are very young,
bring pacifiers.
The act of sucking
will keep their ears clear. By the
same logic, takeoff and landing are
the perfect times for feedings. Your
kids will be distracted from the
deafening cabin noise, and their
ears will pop more easily. If your
schedule won't allow this, try plac-
ing drops of water on an infant's
tongue, to facilitate swallowing.
Don't forget to pack bottles and
extra milk or formula as well, as
