Long-drive game: I Spy

 With very little children who can't spell, let them play by choosing something they can see inside the car (not out, because you drive past too fast!) and telling you the colour. So  CHILD: "I spy with my little eye something the colour of Black and Silver" YOU: "Rearview Mirror?" CHILD: "No!" YOU: "Steering Wheel?" CHILD: "Yes!" YOU: "My turn". With older children the words go: "I spy with my little eye something beginning with F" ... and it could be a fence or a field, something that isn't seen in a flash, that is. 

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