![]() Moreover, there is a difference between boys’ and girls’ experiences. It is concluded that children’s affective experiences differ depending on how they travel and where they go. Girls experienced less activation than boys on their way to school and during a school day when they had travelled by car. Degree of activation during a school day was significantly lower for those who had travelled by car than for those who had cycled to school. Results showed that average valence and activation was significantly lower while travelling to school than travelling to other destinations. 206 Children (101 girls) recorded their travels in a diary throughout a school week along with reports of travel mode, experience of every-day travel, activities on arrival, and the experiences of activities. More specifically, what are children’s reported valence (unpleasantness–pleasantness) and activation (deactivation–activation) while travelling to different destinations and does this experience have spill-over effects on how they perceive activities at the destination. I love that it keeps these journeys alive in his mind, and he gets so much more out of it, not only as we’re on the road, but afterwards.This study aims to evaluate if children’s affective experience of every-day travel varies depending on travel mode and destination of travel. When his grandparents came to stay with us recently, he sat them down to go through his travel journal. What started out as a way to get my son engaged with our travels has become a project he takes very seriously. This travel journal has been much more of a hit than I ever expected. I was really surprised at the ones my son chose – including one he took of my husband and I. When you get home, make a time to go through your photos and let them pick a specific number to get printed for their journal. You may not want your child using your DSLR, so consider letting them have an old smartphone not connected to a network (you can download the photos later, by attaching it to a computer), or get them to art direct your photos. Things you can suggest they store in their travel journal:įinally, a use for those little tourist booklets! Taking photos Though these could easily be adapted to writing prompts, if that’s what your small people like to do.
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