Road to Giethoorn

 

Turn Long Car Rides into a Game: Road to Giethoorn Scavenger Hunt

If you’ve ever taken a road trip with kids, you know the moment is coming:
“Are we there yet?”

Long drives especially from Amsterdam or other parts of the Netherlands can test even the most patient little travelers. That’s exactly why I created the “Road to Giethoorn” scavenger hunt, a simple printable activity that turns the journey itself into an adventure.

What Is the Road to Giethoorn Game?

It’s a printable PDF designed for kids to use during a car ride. Each child gets a sheet and a pen or crayons. As they look out the window, they mark or color the things they spot along the way.

Instead of passively sitting in the back seat, they actively explore their surroundings. Every field, bridge, or passing vehicle becomes part of the game.

What Can Kids Spot?

The scavenger hunt is built around typical Dutch landscapes and road trip sights, making it both fun and educational.

Animals

• White-tailed eagle

• Cows

• Horses

• Sheep

Vehicles

• Sports cars

• Caravans

• Tractors

• Sailboats (visible near water areas)

• Racing cyclists

Structures & Landmarks

• Opening bridges

• Windmills

• Wind turbines

These are all things you’re likely to encounter on the way to Giethoorn or anywhere in the Dutch countryside.

Why It Works

This activity does more than just keep kids busy.

• It encourages observation and curiosity

• It turns travel time into shared family fun

• It reduces screen time during the trip

• It creates a sense of achievement as kids complete their sheet

You’ll probably find yourself joining in too suddenly everyone in the car is looking for the next windmill or cyclist.

Perfect for the Journey to Giethoorn

Giethoorn is one of the most unique destinations in the Netherlands, often called the “Dutch Venice.” But the journey there is just as beautiful, filled with open landscapes, water, and iconic Dutch scenery.

With the “Road to Giethoorn” scavenger hunt, the trip becomes part of the destination.

Download and Play

Print a copy for each child before you leave, grab some pencils or markers, and you’re ready to go. No setup, no screens just a simple, engaging way to make your road trip more memorable.

Links to download:

PDF version

PNG Version

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Free Music Sticker Chart for Kids: A Fun Weekly Practice Tracker

Looking for a simple and motivating way to encourage daily music practice? I created a free sticker chart designed especially for young music learners. It uses music-note shapes laid out like staff lines in a music notebook, with each note left empty so children can add a sticker after completing their practice.

The chart includes 7 notes, one for each day of the week. After a child finishes their practice for the day, they get a sticker to place inside the empty note. This small reward system makes practice feel positive, visual, and fun and it helps children build a consistent daily habit.

Although I originally made this chart for my piano students, it works well for any music practice routine. Whether you teach piano, another instrument, or general music, this printable can be a great tool for encouraging progress and keeping kids engaged.

I prepared the design in both PDF and PNG formats so it’s easy to download, print, and use right away. If you’re a parent, teacher, or music educator looking for a cheerful way to support practice at home or in the classroom, this sticker chart may be exactly what you need.

Download it, print it, and let the music practice begin one sticker at a time.

PDF version

PNG version

Publishing Choose Your Own Adventure Book as E-Book

As many E-Book readers know, E-Books do not have pages like PDF documents. On the other hand, you need pages or page breaks to create choose your own adventure books (let's say CYOA). Also, you need links (navigations, bridges) to other pages. 

Firstly, to create E-Book with the epub format, I used google docs. 

File -> Download -> EPUB publication (.epub)

After downloaded the epub file, I edited the book with Calibre.

To create a page break I used the code below.

<span style="page-break-after: always" />

To link other pages for CYOA choices firstly you need to put id tag beginning of the page like below.

<h4 id="page2">Sayfa 2</h4>

And you need to define your link to the page as below.

<a href="#page2">Sevda Öğretmenle grup değişikliğini konuşacaksan (sayfa 2’ye)</a>

Üzerinde uğraştığım işler

Üzerinde uğraştığım işleri bir yerde toplamak istedim.
Herhangi biri ilginizi çekiyorsa soru sormak veya yardımcı olmak istiyorsanız, lütfen benimle iletişime geçin. Burayı sık sık güncellemeye çalışacağım, henüz paylaşmaya hazır olmayanlar var.
Linkedin hesabım: Uğur Atmaca

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• Hayvanat Bahçesi Macerası
• Edebiyat Yarışmaları
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Scooby Doo, Mystery Incorporated Card Game

I am working on a card game which has pretty like One Deck Dungeon gameplay mechanism.
Instead of strength or dexterity, our chars have some other talents like running, clue finding, trapping, trap baiting and solving mystery.
Please free to ask any questions about process: ugur(at)uguratmaca(dot)com

Here some helper card characters:

Angel Dynamite

Sheriff Branson Stone

Basit Oyunlar / Uygulamalar

Yazılımı öğrenmeye başladığım ilk günden itibaren ufak tefek uygulamalar yazmaya çalıştım. Eski harddiskimi karıştırırken bunları gördüm ve görsellerini paylaşmak istedim.

Televizyondan bilirsiniz bir kelime bir işlem programı vardı. Bunu Derinlik Öncelik Algoritma ile çözen bir uygulamanın görseli:

Her karttan 2 tane var. Kartları açarak ilerliyorsunuz ve aynıları buldukça puan kazanıyorsunuz. Ne kadar az denemede bulursanız puanınız o kadar yüksek oluyor ve yüksek puanlar lider panosunda gözüküyor.

Whack a mole diye de tanınan hızla yer değiştiren köstebeğin kafasına vurarak puan kazanmaya çalıştığımız oyun.

İskambil destesinden kart seçerek sırayla dağıtıldığında seçilen kartın kendisine gelenin kazandığı oyun.

İlk yaptığım Var mısın yok musun? du galiba en amatörü bu duruyor görüntü olarak. Yine de teklif verme kısmı beni zorlamıştı.

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