Pickup Line Lookout
About 30 minutes, indoors, for ages 5 to 7.
Where it works
Works in any indoor space
Who it's for
ages 5 to 7
Try this adventure now:
- A car the same color as ours
- Someone carrying something huge
- A backpack bigger than the kid wearing it
- A teacher holding a door
- Someone who forgot their coat
- A car that parked badly
- The first kid out of the building
Today's Challenge
- 1.Who came out looking happiest?
- 2.How many cars are waiting with us?
- 3.What is the biggest thing anyone carried out?
Quick Start: What you need
- 1Nothing at all. Just go outside and look.
The Goal
For the twenty minutes parked outside school, waiting for the doors to open.
How to start
- 1
No supplies needed. You can start from wherever you are.
- 2
Head indoors and see how many you can find: A car the same color as ours, Someone carrying something huge, A backpack bigger than the kid wearing it, A teacher holding a door.
- 3
Talk about what you are seeing. Start with "Who came out looking happiest?"
- 4
Print the worksheet to check things off as you find them, and keep it afterwards.
Draw The Wait
Draw the line of cars from where we are sitting, and put an X on ours.
A pickup line moves in bursts rather than steadily, which is why it always feels longer than the same wait spent walking.
If you want to push it further
- Spot your own kid before they spot you
- Count the cars ahead and guess how long until we move
Print it and go
The worksheet has the checklist, the prompts, and a space to draw in. One page, ready for a bag or a glovebox.