Field trips are essential to learning.
So often field trips are seen as something we do randomly as a break from learning. An escape from a crabby day or boring classroom.
In truth, real life experiences bring meaning to learning. They show kids how things they are learning at home or in the classroom relate to their life and the world. They deepen understanding about the books we read and the words we hear and the pictures we see.
Field trips making learning relevant.
a field trip can be a beginning,
a field trip can be a middle,
but a field trip is rarely an end.
Below are our favorite general ideas for adventures or field trips for toddlers, preschoolers and beyond.
I have divided them up into indoor and outdoor field trip ideas to hopefully help you land on the perfect idea for your next field trip more quickly.
Before you head out though – make sure you remember these two things!
Happy Adventuring and Learning.
Before the Field Trip
10 Things to Bring on a Field Trip
3 Reasons Every Field Trip Needs an Adventure Journal
Indoor Field Trip Ideas
Butterfly Garden: 5 Top Tips
City Bus Field Trip
Fire Station Field Trip
Dinosaur Field Trip + American Museum of Natural History
10+ Field Trips to Bring STEM Topics to Life
How Kids Can Help (& Learn) at the Grocery Store
Learning about Shapes at the Guggenheim Art Museum
Outdoor Field Trip Ideas
Air Show with Kids
Apple Farm Field Trip
Berry Picking with Toddlers
Bird Watching Hike
15 Fun Learning Activities for the Beach
12 Children’s Book Inspired Walks
Butterflying: Fall Nature Walk
10 Christmas Adventures to Take With Kids
Colors Car Hunt or Colors Flower Hunt
How to Go for a Fairy Hunt
Fall Nature Walk
Signs of Fall Hunt
Farm Field Trip Tips
Finding Round Shapes Nature Hunt with Printable
Fishing with Kids
Japanese Taiko Drumming
Neighborhood Walk with Printable Scavenger Hunt
Pond Walk
Puddle Walk for Rainy Days
Spider Web Hunt with Free Printable
Sculpture Hunt with Printable
Thankful Walk with Printable
Tips for Tide Pooling with Kids
12 Walk Ideas for Toddlers
Zoo Field Trip with Printable Scavenger Hunt
Bambini Field Guide: Mini Adventures to Explore with Children
