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100 Field Trip Ideas for Homeschoolers {Free Printable}

September 10, 2018 by Sallie Borrink
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I’ve compiled a list of 100 field trip ideas for homeschoolers to provide inspiration and help you plan to add them to your homeschooling. (Don’t miss the free printable at the end!) Field trips are a great way for homeschoolers to provide their children with a wide variety of learning experiences. In fact, the freedom to go on field trips is one of the ways homeschooling exceeds traditional brick and mortar schooling.

Homeschooling offers the flexibility of time and schedule to go out and experience the real world instead of only reading about it in a textbook. Field trips are especially fantastic for relaxed homeschoolers who prefer a more natural approach to learning (as opposed to primarily book-based learning).

Picking Apples at an Apple Orchard Field Trip

Table of Contents

  • History and Community Field Trip Ideas for Kids
  • Science and Nature Study Homeschool Field Trip Ideas
  • Art and Music Field Trips for Homeschoolers
  • Fun Field Trips for Homeschoolers
  • Learning with Themes Activity Pack for Field Trip Records
  • 100 Field Trip Ideas for Homeschoolers Printable

History and Community Field Trip Ideas for Kids

There are so many ways to bring history alive and field trips may be the very best way. Putting children into authentic locations with people who can explain to them more fully what happened there makes learning topics interesting and real.

  • Art museum
  • Bakery
  • Bank
  • Battlefield
  • Birthplace of famous person
  • Blacksmith
  • Bookstore
  • Cemetery
  • City or county offices
  • College
  • Courthouse
  • Fire station
  • Historic homes tour
  • Historical re-enactment
  • House of worship
  • Library
  • Lighthouse

Log Cabin Field Trip at Meijer Gardens

  • Local historical museum
  • National historical park
  • Newspaper
  • Nursing home
  • Old schoolhouse
  • Pioneer village
  • Post office
  • Police department
  • Presidential birthplace
  • Presidential library
  • Radio station
  • State capital
  • State historical museum
  • State historical park
  • State library
  • TV station
  • University
  • Used bookstore

Ringing the Bell at the Farm at Meijer Gardens

Science and Nature Study Homeschool Field Trip Ideas

There are so many fascinating ways to bring science to your children in a real-life setting!

  • Aquarium
  • Arboretum
  • Auto factory
  • Bee keeper
  • Bird watching
  • Botanical garden
  • Cave
  • Chiropractor
  • Christmas tree farm
  • Children’s science museum

Magnets at Grand Rapids Children's Museum

  • Dairy farm
  • Dental lab
  • Dentist
  • Doctor
  • Eye doctor
  • Fish hatchery
  • Food factory
  • Fruit orchard
  • Greenhouse
  • Horse farm
  • Laboratory
  • Lumber mill
  • National Weather Service
  • Natural food store
  • Nursery
  • Observatory
  • Petting zoo
  • Planetarium
  • Power plant
  • Radio station
  • Recycling center
  • Veterinarian
  • Water treatment facility
  • Weather station
  • Wild animal rescue
  • TV station
  • Zoo

Making Giant Bubblesl at Grand Rapids Children's Museum

Art and Music Field Trips for Homeschoolers

Don’t forget that field trips in the areas of the arts are also important, especially for your artistic children. Sometimes it seems easier to “justify” taking the time to take a “real” field trip to a historical place or for a science topic, but the arts are also an important part of a thorough education!

  • Art gallery
  • Art museum
  • Ballet
  • Ceramic shop
  • Children’s theater
  • Florist
  • Graphic design studio

Independence Day Parade

  • Jeweler
  • Marching band competition
  • Musical
  • Orchestra
  • Photography studio
  • Pottery studio
  • Stained glass studio
  • Theater
  • Woodworking shop

Fun Field Trips for Homeschoolers

Lastly, here are some ideas just for fun!

  • Amusement park
  • Ball games (baseball, basketball, football)
  • Beach
  • Bowling alley
  • Geocaching

Whitecaps Baseball Game

  • Ice skating
  • Local festival
  • Roller skating
  • U-pick farm
  • Water park

Learning with Themes Activity Pack for Field Trip Records

If you don’t have a copy of my Learning with Themes Activity Pack, make sure you check it out. These pages can be a great addition to many of your field trip activities.

100 Field Trip Ideas for Homeschoolers Printable

You can download the free printable of these lists to tuck into your planning book for future reference right here. Before you download the activity, please understand my Digital Products Terms of Use.

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Happy learning with your children!

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