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Home Ed Bag for the Car
by Beverley Paine
Does anyone have a 'home ed bag' for their car?
We like to take our homeschooling grandkids out when the opportunity arises only to find after we'd arrived had forgotten someone's water bottle or hat, or wish we'd brought the paving chalk or football. And I can't count how many times had I wished packed the swimming gear, or at least a couple of towels!
What's in your 'home ed bag'?
Here's a list of what I'm putting together, though I worry the bag is going to end up too big to permanently live in the car! And it needs to do that because sure enough, I'm bound to forget to take it with us if it isn't!
As I was compiling this list and watching it grow, I thought about extending it to include all the things we'd add if it were an 'emergency bag', something I really should have packed and ready to go, especially during the bushfire season. Having the one bag in the car all the time means we'd be absolutely ready for anything anytime!
- rug or mat for sitting on the grass
- first aid kit, safety pins
- hats
- spare clothes, swimsuits
- spare shoes/thongs
- towels
- reusable drinking straws
- picnic plates and cutlery
- wet cloth in container
- hand sanitizer or soap
- roll of toilet paper
- sunscreen
- lip balm
- sunglasses
- drinking water
- lunchboxes for each child
- jumpers or rain jackets
- umbrellas
- travel games and bag of small toys
- books to read
- phone/tablet charger
- balls, frisbees, skipping rope, and I just thought of kites!
- clipboard and sheets of paper, or drawing pads
- pencil case with pencils, glue stick, scissors
- umbrellas
- sick bags
- torches
- shopping bags
- coins for parking meters (do they stil use coins, I wonder?)
- insect repellant
- toiletry bag with new toothbrushes for everyone
- tongs for picking up rubbish, bag to put the rubbish in
- pet needs (if you have a dog...)
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