My radio is never on in the car. I was a stay at home mom when my children were first born and then went back to work. It seems like either way, there is never enough time in the day. I use the time in the car to talk. Your focus should remain on driving, but rather than talking on the cell phone or turning the radio up, talk to your children.
We'll often talk about different things we see, what the color of the lights mean, and we count. One of my children's favorite things to count is school buses. There may be time between seeing them, but that is okay. Also, I have noticed, my children may say they see one and I did not see it. Just because I did not see it, does not mean they did not see it.
We also look for shapes. I call it the I spy game (it has a twist from the game where you I spy something green). The way I play the game is I start by saying, "I spy a tall tree". Then I may do another if my children do not catch on. I'll say, "I spy a square sign". Eventually my older son will respond and say, "I spy a house". This game is great with shapes, colors, and even just naming objects that your children see. Be mindful of you child's line of sight in the car as you play. As the adult, it helps if you model what you want your child to say and if you can use more than one word, as I did in my examples, it just expands the vocabulary.
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