ASD 5 year old - any ideas on how to keep amused on long car journey?

[Frostyfoxy]

Hello! Not sure if this is the right place to post this but thought I'd ask anyway!

My DP, DS (5 almost 6) and I are travelling by car from Wales to mid France by car. We are crossing by eurotunnel.

We have done this journey in previous years but most of it has been done at night and so DS was asleep. This time it will be during the day and DS will undoubtedly be awake all the way!

DS is midly ASD in most aspects. He can't read much though and his obsession enthusiasm is cars/trains/lorries - anything with wheels basically. He does have an ipod which we can download some of his favourite programmes on to which will help for a while. I have bought him a summer pack of cbeebies magazine and a magnetic snakes and ladders (not that he knows how to play it properly but he likes moving the peices around and throwing the dice - although I can see that will cause problems in the back of a car!!!)

Anyone have any other ideas of what could possibly pass the time?

TIA!

We have just got dd2 (5) as DSi which seems to help in the car, also a dvd player (for in the car) works well (ours has been used so much it has now died).

I loved the I spy books when i was a child, i got very excited when i saw them in WHSmiths a few weeks ago .

Thanks driveme! Travel sickness isn't (or perhaps I should say hasn't) been a problem for us. I live in Wales and my parents live in Essex so poor ds has regularly done that journey along the M4 and M25 from about 3 weeks old so is used to the car. The only difference now he is getting older is he needs more entertaining! Fingers crossed I haven't tempted fate!!

I am beginning to think I need to speak to my parents as I missed out on the Spy books first time around!!

Spot the campervan is always popular in our car! Also second the Nintendo DS if your kids can do that without being car sick.