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Turn wasted car time into ‘carschooling’

Published 2:36 pm Friday, May 18, 2012

By Jenny Bardsley

As an educator, I believe in giving children free time to play around in the backyard, goof-off, and generally be a kid. But let’s face it; time spent in the car is usually wasted time. Some people use extended car trips as an opportunity for their children to break out the DS. In our household, car time is used strategically and purposefully. That’s because carschooling is one of the easiest ways to expand on your child’s education. You have a captive audience on your hands, so you might as well use that to your advantage!

Here are some of my favorite educational CDs for all ages that are available through the Sno-Isle Library system. Take out your library card, click on the links, and put these treasures on hold!

Literature

• Shakespeare for Children by Jim Weiss, Call Number: J CD 822.33 WEI15

• The Three Musketeers and Robin Hood by Jim Weiss, Call Number: J CD 398.22 WEI4

• King Arthur and his Knights by Jim Weiss, Call Number: J CD 398.2 WEI6

• Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Call Number: J CD FIC WIL330

• Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, Call Number: J CD 811.54 SIL79

Math and Science

• Galileo and the Stargazers by Jim Weiss, Call Number: J CD 520.92 WEI4021

• Addition Rap by Brad Caudle, Call Number: J CD 513.211 CAU909

• Multiplication Mountain by Hap Palmer, Call Number: J CD OM PAL116

Spanish

• Speak Spanish with Dora and Diego, Call Number: J CD 468.3421 SPE510

History

• The Story of the World Volume 1 by Susan Wise Bauer, Call Number: J CD 930 BAU47

• The Story of the World Volume 2 by Susan Wise Bauer, Call Number: J CD 940.1 BAU122

• The Story of the World Volume 3 by Susan Wise Bauer, Call Number: J CD 909.08 BAU9177

Musical History

• Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol, Call Number: CD OM-NIC200

• Mr. Bach Comes to Call by Karen Lavut, Call Number: CD OM-LAV201

• Tchaikovsky Discovers America by Douglas Cowling, Call Number: CD OM-COW240

(This post was adapted from Teaching My Baby To Read with Sno-Isle library users in mind!)

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