Fun field trips to plan for your home-schoolers or to do with your kids on the weekend.
Our field trips for the fall
will be:
All day trips:
Apple picking
Pumpkin picking
Christmas tree chopping
Locally:
The nature preserve
The nursery
Fall festivals
Children's museum
To get the most out of your
field trips, get your children excited about where they are going to be going,
and give them knowledge to fully appreciate what they are going to be doing.
The lesson plan for apple and pumpkin picking,
and Christmas tree chopping:
If you
can't go apple or pumpkin picking due to location or budget, you can always
head to your local grocery store and get a good price on these items while they
are in season, and still do the following activities. And whether you get a
real tree or do a fake tree, there is plenty of fun activities to do before and
after you put it up.
Closer to the end of September, apple season
begins. No matter your child's age this can be a fun topic with fun activities.
Come October, pumpkin picking is in full swing. Some places offer more then
just pumpkin picking, some have hay rides, petting zoos, and other fall
activities. Christmas tree chopping usually starts around Thanksgiving, we have
made it a tradition to go the day after.
A few days before the trip we will start reading
about our up coming trip.
For our apple picking, I have planned to read
about Johnny Appleseed. I find Johnny Appleseed's story to be so interesting
and entertaining for children. Although you may find your child then wanting to
plant all of their apple seeds around your yard ha ha.
For our pumpkin pickings, I want to read
"From Seed to Pumpkin" by Wendy Pfeffer. This will give us a little
idea of where pumpkins come from and how they grow. And then we will read other
silly books about pumpkins.
For our Christmas tree trip, we plan to read
"Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect" By Richard Schneider (I just
love that story). This story can open up conversation, on what does
perfect actually mean.
All this reading can be done before bed as a bed
time story (it doesn't need to feel like added school work), or during free
time.
Below I pasted a link you
can read facts about Johnny Appleseed, if you can't find any books at your
library, it also includes a little cartoon. Also a link to learn facts about
pumpkins, and a link for facts about Christmas trees.
Apple Activities:
1. Make apple journals.
Print out pictures of different types of apples, label them, and bring this
with you when you go on your trip. See if you can identify all the different
apples you see.
2. Check out these activity
sheets in the link below. Make poems, test your child's knowledge of Johnny
Appleseed, and practice some mapping skills.
Coloring pages
3. Once you get back from
your trip here are some ideas.
Bake apple pies, apple
turnovers, apple crisps, make candy or caramel apples. (don't have a recipe,
pinterest does!)
Educational apple themed
games
Art apple stampers.
Pumpkin Activities:
1. Pumpkin Baking
pumpkin pie, pumpkin
waffles, and pumpkin bread. (don't have
a recipe, pinterest does!)
2. Art
pumpkin carving , painting,
or decorating.
Christmas Tree Activities:
Decorate your tree of
course!
Make your own ornaments
Make your own wreath (either
collect extra branches while your out there, or use the ones yu prune off your
tree)
Local trips and ideas:
Fall Festivals
Most towns do fall
festivals (go online and find out what is happening near you), this is a fun day out, they often have pony rides, and pumpkin
painting, and lots of fall inspired treats and crafts.
The Nature Preserve
This is a beautiful time of
year, with the scenery and weather, to take your kids out for a nature hike.
Have them photograph or collect and scrap book the leaves and plants they see.
The Nursery
Our local nursery has
animals, which are fun to pet and feed. They also set up a fall display which
is fun.
Children's museum
On days when it is raining
or too cold, and you need to get out check out your local museums. Our library
has a program where you can get free passes.
I hope this has given you
some ideas to make the most out of your fall!
when I have children, can you just raise them for me? I love your field trip plans!
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