The following is a post from contributing writer Tiffany Manley. Fall is a great time of year to enjoy a multitude of season-specific field trips. The air is cool and crisp, the colors are gorgeous, and there’s just something cozy about this time of year. While you can take just about any field trip during the season, there are a… Read More
How to Start a Field Trip Co-op
The following is a guest post from Melissa from The Cork Board. Because our son is an extrovert who started in a traditional classroom setting, I knew we would need to schedule regular outings as part of our homeschool experience. Aside from our academic community, we also joined a field trip co-op. It has been a phenomenal experience for our… Read More
5 Historical Locations to Visit on the East Coast
This post is from contributing writer, Tonya from The Traveling Praters. 1. St. Augustine, Florida The first city in the United States, St. Augustine is a beautiful, historic city that offers many free and low cost attractions for families. Visit Fort Matanzas, Castillo de San Marcos and the Colonial Spanish Quarters to learn about pirate attacks, the Spanish settlers and… Read More
Six Tips for Planning Homeschool Field Trips
For many homeschooling families — ours included — field trips are one of the best parts of homeschooling. Field trips offer an opportunity for fun, hands-on learning that you just can’t get anywhere else and, because you’re both parent and teacher, you can ensure that the field trips you take tie in perfectly with your topic of study — unless… Read More
Free and Low Cost Field Trip Ideas
Finding field trips to go on has never been a problem that I’ve faced, even before my family began traveling with my husband’s job. I realize that we all live in different size communities and though there’s always a ton of opportunities for those in a larger city, that’s not necessarily true in a rural setting. So, today I’d like… Read More
Homeschool Field Trip Ideas
What are some of your best homeschool field trip ideas? We’ve had some really fun field trips in our years of homeschooling. The very first field trip we ever went on was on our very first homeschool day ever. We went to visit the downtown area of the little town in which we live. It was really neat to wander… Read More