After spending days inside teaching your kids at home, it’s nice every once and a while to emerge from our domiciles and “see the world” while also being able to teach our young ones something new and different along the way. Field trips and vacations are great for this, of course, and can offer learning experiences that will have a lasting impact. Not only that, but field trips also give you and the children time for some extra social interaction with peers that kids (and Moms & Dads!) need to “recharge”. While many agree that field trips are good and necessary for the enrichment of our children’s learning, the question for many homeschoolers becomes, “Where can we go for good, learning excursions?”
In answer that question comes this helpful article on Tampabay.com today entitled “10 FUNdamentally educational homeschool field trips” written by Terri Willingham. If you live in Tampa, or are planning to go visit the Tampa area soon, I recommend that you take a few minutes to check out some of the locations she mentions. There’s enough in that list to cater to all tastes.
Our kids LOVE animals, and I’m a big fan of plants, so the Lowry Park Zoo and the Sunken Gardens would probably be first in our list of “things to do” while there.
Have any favorite field trip spots in Florida (or elsewhere) that you’d like to share? Leave a comment with your recommendation!
Enjoy your next learning excursion!