We were driving along and the sun was setting right in his eyes. Even his sunglasses weren’t helping. I was sitting in the back seat with him and grabbed a piece of paper from the front seat pocket to use as a visor. It happened to be a map of Deer Creek State Park. He saw a dotted line and yelled, “choo choo!” I explained that the dotted line was actually a trail, not train tracks. Then, the game began.

Using the map’s legend, my toddler and I played a rousing game of I spy.

“This little house is the park office. Do you see a park office on the map?”

“How many picnic tables can you find?”

“I see a blue square. Can you find it?”

This simple learning activity kept my toddler entertained for the rest of the drive. Plus, he learned a lot about maps and got to practice his cognitive skills.

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