Planning Ideal Homeschool Field Trips

Plan & Set Goals

Align with Lessons

Integrate and Assess

Pre-learning is essential

Review the venue and program

• Age-appropriate take on content

Create lesson plans for each child

Get them ready to learn

As a family or with group?

All ages, or just younger, older

child(ren)?

When in the year? What will we be covering

then?

Field trips create great opportunities,

especially for homeschool.

You can fill gaps in your curriculum, grow

closer as a family, foster kids’ growth and

broaden their horizons. Kids learn hands-on,

which no one knows better than homeschool

families!

Planning a field trip? The first step is to start

with goals—what will you learn together?

Essays, photography, art, audio/visual, tech-enabled

Integrative activity before, during, and after trip

Tailor to each child’s learning style

Integrate what you’re learning with the field

trip in creative ways: every child is unique, so

use activities around the field trip to ensure

learning