How often do you and your family take field trips?
Besides the “normal” field trips of library and farmer’s market visits, we’re aiming to increase our field trips beginning this year. I enjoy finding (and creating!) activities to study beforehand and use a field trip as a “culminating event.”
Two great resources for preparing for field trips: books and printables!
11 Free Field Trip Printables
Just to get you started, here’s a list of eleven useful, free field trip printables from around the web:
- Apple Orchard Scavenger Hunt printable – plus lots of ideas for a preschool apple unit and a second free apple picking sequencing cards printable.
- I like this straightforward Zoo Scavenger Hunt from I Can Teach My Child. (And, if you’d like more zoo resources, especially for preschoolers, check out this roundup from Spell Outloud.)
- Here’s a fun Roadtrip Scavenger Hunt from KelleHampton.com
- This Shapes Hunt Printable from Buggy and Buddy would be a great way to turn a visit to the playground into a learning field trip.
- Mountain and Beach Trip Scavenger Hunts printables – two separate printables here.
- This Library Scavenger Hunt from What Do We Do All Day would be great for getting to know a new library or for a fun “first day with a new library card” celebration field trip.
- Backseat Bingo cards from Kiwi Crate – useful for any road trip.
- This one isn’t a printable, but rather a template. If you make this Mini Art Museum Book from Artchoo! before an art museum trip, you can use it to either study different art forms beforehand, or draw/take photos of art while on the field trip.
- This Animal Observation Notebooking Page from Ashley Pichea could be used at the zoo, on a nature hike, at a wildlife center, and more.
- Stef at Educating Laytons offers many free scavenger hunts, several of which can be used on various field trips.
- The free “My Town’s Community Helpers” photo book template on this post can culminate a community helpers unit and spur a series of field trips!
If you’d like other field trip ideas and activities, check out my ever-expanding Field Trip Ideas board on Pinterest.
How about you? What field trips would you like printables for? Have a link to a great field trip printable? Share it in the comments!
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