And so, here comes Cub’s tip, TIP NUMBER FOUR: BE FLEXIBLE AND REALISTIC. Setup a particular vacation routine that can be followed from one day to the next.īut, we all know that routine isn’t always set in stone in normal day to day life, let alone when we’re traveling across the country. Talk about the next day’s itinerary to help them prepare for a new schedule. Find some things from your normal day-to-day routine that you can keep consistent even when you’re traveling, and stick to them as best as possible. Our kids need some level of predictability. It becomes easy to let the kids stay up a little bit later when you’re on vacation, but remember, they’ll wake up at exactly the same time as usual the next morning. KBear also provides us with TIP NUMBER THREE: KEEP YOUR SAME ROUTINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Spend some time preparing for the trip to help your kiddos determine what will be calming and engaging for them. Our gifted kids do not handle boredom well. Bring something to not get bored, because if you get bored, you’re definitely going to end up in the red zone!” Red Zone, in case you aren’t familiar with the Zones of Regulation (which you should check out, by the way), is melt-down, overload, no longer in control of our bodies territory. Specifically, her suggestions were, “Bring weight (as in weighted blankets, lap pads, vests to reset out of sync nervous systems). here’s what will help your next roadtrip with a gifted/2e kiddo be as successful as possible.Īlways practical, KBear, our 9-year-old 2e kiddo with sensory processing disorder, dyspraxia, and probable autism, provides us with TIP NUMBER TWO: BRING UNIQUE BUGOUT BAGS FOR EACH OF YOUR UNIQUE KIDS.
So, from the mouths of a few fringy babes. In an effort to demonstrate the efficacy of this, I’ve picked my kids’ brains to help with this post.
Both in terms of the activities they want, and in terms of the things they need to keep travel successful. But, I do think this is the NUMBER ONE TIP for traveling with your gifted kids: ASK THEM WHAT THEY NEED AND WANT. Having 2 therapists in the family, we tend to communicate with all of Team Boorman above and beyond what is probably necessary.
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And we’ve been talking about how to keep everyone sane during our 2000+ miles together in a van. As I’m writing this, we’re in the preparations mode. Call it fate, irony, kismet, serendipity, or simply coincidence, but the Hoagie’s Gifted Education BlogHop “Traveling with Gifted Kids” just happens to be published while we are in the middle of a weeklong family roadtrip.
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