{"id":3878,"date":"2019-07-05T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2019-07-05T14:07:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T18:07:35","slug":"camp-au-pair-week-4-cars-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2019\/07\/05\/camp-au-pair-week-4-cars-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Au Pair Week #4 &#8211; Cars &#038; Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3879\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Camp-Au-Pair-Cars-Trucks-Week-4-funlearningforkids.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Camp-Au-Pair-Cars-Trucks-Week-4-funlearningforkids.com_.png 810w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Camp-Au-Pair-Cars-Trucks-Week-4-funlearningforkids.com_-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Camp-Au-Pair-Cars-Trucks-Week-4-funlearningforkids.com_-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Camp-Au-Pair-Cars-Trucks-Week-4-funlearningforkids.com_-624x347.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/>This week\u2019s <strong>Camp Au Pair<\/strong> theme is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/camp-au-pair-cars-trucks\/\">Cars &amp; Trucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crafts, recipes, activities, and games<\/strong> related to all kinds of vehicles can all be found here on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/camp-au-pair-cars-trucks\/\"><strong>Camp Au Pair &#8211; Cars &amp; Trucks<\/strong><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b>pinboard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Field Trips<\/strong> can be a great way for kids to learn and have new experiences. Here are a few places to go, that fit this theme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/croftongokartraceway.com\">Go Kart Raceway<\/a> in Crofton has double karts where an adult can drive a child (age 2 &amp; up). To drive their own kart, kids must be age 8 and 54 inches or taller.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/americanhistory.si.edu\/collections\/object-groups\/smithsonian-automobile-collection\">Smithsonian Musuem of American History<\/a> has an exhibit with cars and trucks from a variety of different time periods.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portdiscovery.org\/play\/exhibits-experiences#silk-accordion-0-6\">Port Discovery<\/a> in Baltimore has a fun gas station exhibit where kids can pretend they are driving a car and filling it up at the gas station.<\/li>\n<li>Amusement parks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sixflags.com\/america\">Six Flags America<\/a> have lots of rides where kids can give driving a try.<\/li>\n<li>Look for construction areas where the kids can observe big machines in action. Kids should observe from the car or a safe area.<\/li>\n<li>Keep an eye out for the trash truck and let them watch the truck in action.<\/li>\n<li>Playseum in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playseum.com\/bethesda\/homebethesda-copy-2\">Bethesda<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playseum.com\/annapolis\/homebethesda-copy\">Annapolis<\/a> has fun interactive activities for kids to try.<\/li>\n<li>Go to a drive-through car wash or let the kids make their own car wash at home.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missutility.net\/event\/touch-a-truck\/\">Touch a Truck<\/a> is a free, family-friendly event taking place at the Bowie Baysox stadium on August 3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Videos<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rkXdJVNBZxg\">Amazing Big Trucks<\/a> is a kid-friendly video showing big trucks in action. Look for fun videos on YouTube about cars and trucks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Garbage Trucks: On Route, In Action!\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LTUjiLxzDQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cars, Cars 2 &amp; 3, Turbo, Bumble Bee, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang &amp; Bob the Builder Mega Machines movies all fit this theme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong> \u2013 Stop by your local library and look for books on cars &amp; trucks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Image: funlearningforkids.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Camp Au Pair theme is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/camp-au-pair-cars-trucks\/\">Cars &amp; Trucks<\/a>. Crafts, recipes, activities, and games related to all kinds of vehicles can all be found here on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/camp-au-pair-cars-trucks\/\">Camp Au Pair &#8211; Cars &amp; Trucks<\/a>\u00a0pinboard. Field Trips can be a great way for kids to learn and have new experiences. Here are a  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2019\/07\/05\/camp-au-pair-week-4-cars-trucks\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[157,168,397,1209,1150,906,924],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-tips","category-kids","tag-camp","tag-cars","tag-fun","tag-schools-out","tag-summer-break","tag-trucks","tag-vacation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Camp Au Pair Week #4 - Cars &amp; Trucks - Au Pair Chatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Camp Au Pair Week #4 - Cars &amp; Trucks - Au Pair Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week\u2019s Camp Au Pair theme is Cars &amp; Trucks. 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