Field Trip and Walk Ideas + Tips

Field trips are essential to learning.

So often field trips are seen as something we do randomly as a break from learning. An escape from a crabby day or boring classroom.

In truth, real life experiences bring meaning to learning. They show kids how things they are learning at home or in the classroom relate to their life and the world. They deepen understanding about the books we read and the words we hear and the pictures we see.

Field trips making learning relevant.

a field trip can be a beginning,
a field trip can be a middle,
but a field trip is rarely an end.

Below are our favorite general ideas for adventures or field trips for toddlers, preschoolers and beyond.

I have divided them up into indoor and outdoor field trip ideas to hopefully help you land on the perfect idea for your next field trip more quickly.

Before you head out though – make sure you remember these two things!

Happy Adventuring and Learning.

Indoor Field Trip Ideas

Before the Field Trip

10 Things to Bring on a Field Trip

3 Reasons Every Field Trip Needs an Adventure Journal

Indoor Field Trip Ideas

Butterfly Garden: 5 Top Tips

City Bus Field Trip

Fire Station Field Trip

Dinosaur Field Trip + American Museum of Natural History

10+ Field Trips to Bring STEM Topics to Life

How Kids Can Help (& Learn) at the Grocery Store

Learning about Shapes at the Guggenheim Art Museum

Outdoor Field Trip Ideas

Air Show with Kids

Apple Farm Field Trip

Berry Picking with Toddlers

Bird Watching Hike

15 Fun Learning Activities for the Beach

12 Children’s Book Inspired Walks

Butterflying: Fall Nature Walk

10 Christmas Adventures to Take With Kids

Colors Car Hunt or Colors Flower Hunt

How to Go for a Fairy Hunt

Fall Nature Walk

Signs of Fall Hunt

Farm Field Trip Tips

Finding Round Shapes Nature Hunt with Printable

Fishing with Kids

Japanese Taiko Drumming

Neighborhood Walk with Printable Scavenger Hunt

Pond Walk

Puddle Walk for Rainy Days

Spider Web Hunt with Free Printable

Sculpture Hunt with Printable

Thankful Walk with Printable

Tips for Tide Pooling with Kids

12 Walk Ideas for Toddlers

Zoo Field Trip with Printable Scavenger Hunt

Bambini Field Guide: Mini Adventures to Explore with Children

20+ Best Indoor and Outdoor Field Trip Ideas

get more ideas in my book!

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