Summer Learning Field Trips

One of the pluses of home education is the ability to plan and take many educational field trips. Field trips are great tools for learning since all children are visual learners and there is nothing like a field trip to combine visual learning with tactile and aural experiences to totally involve your children in the learning experience.

Summer learning field trips are a great way to get together with other homeschoolers to have fun and still incorporate learning.  A simple trip to the zoo can be incorporated into a lesson on biology, genetics, and scientific study.

Another great idea for summer learning field trips is to visit a location consistent with a historical event you may be studying.  There are lots of war museums, medical museums and other historic venues that can easily fit into a course of study.

One of my favorite destinations for summer learning field trips is the art museum.  Casual summer learning lends itself well to the study of art and a trip to an museum followed by an afternoon in the park drawing or sketching makes for a fun afternoon.

If you find museums too stuffy for your summer learning field trip, consider an art festival, Renaissance fair or cultural festival to add to your itinerary.