Screen Free Travel Activities That Are Kid & Teacher Mom Approved

Between time on the plane, time in the car and time spent waiting at restaurants, kids need things to do on trips. We are generally a screen free family, so you won't find us bringing tablets with us (one of our flights did have screens built into the seats and we did let our girls watch movies because that is something we do at home). I like to bring a variety of tried and true activities that I know will be a hit as well as some new activities to change things up. 

The Most Popular Books In My Middle School Classroom Library This Year

My classroom library is organized by genre with a few areas that are organized by format or topic. Within each genre, books are alphabetized by author’s last name. This combination of organizational strategies, helps students (and me) find the books they’ll be interested in reading.

The genres that make up my classroom library are: fantasy, science fiction, romance, action & adventure, dystopia, mysteries & thrillers, humor, realistic fiction, historical fiction, and nonfiction.

I have a separate section for graphic novels (fiction and nonfiction are mixed together), and bins for short story collections, verse novels, and manga. I also have bins for my fiction books about animals.

Read on for the top book check outs in each genre plus from the graphic novel section of my classroom library.