K/1 Homeschool Year Field Trips

As promised, here’s the list of field trips from our Kindergarten/First Grade homeschool year in 2003-4. You can view the previous year’s field trips (PK/K) at the following link. For more on this series of homeschooling curriculum, field trips, computer programs, learning enrichment ideas and book lists…. please see this post. As I update my “Field Trip Foto Friday” Series, I’ll try and stop back in here to add links to my detailed reviews of these field trips.

If I’ve done a review of the field trip, I’ll link it below and mark it with asterisks (***) so you can go view the review.I have more photos from this year than the first year, since we finally got a digital camera late in 2003.

In the 2003-2004 School Year, my son was 6.5, and my daughter 4.5. I am pretty sure we haven’t included every field trip we took in this list, but I have done my best to get most of them. I wrote all my year’s events, lists, and accomplishments in a teacher’s lesson planner in microscopic penciled-in print at the end of each day (or sometimes a few days later if things were piling up). Hopefully the records here are as complete as possible. We had a lot of fun, despite many challenges (moving, flooding, my husband’s job changes/commuting, and financial strain). God was the master planner because even though I felt “out of control”, He managed to pick us up and carry us through the year. I give Him all credit for my “material” on this site. If it weren’t for Him, I wouldn’t be homeschooling. As with most homeschoolers and parents of young children, I can’t remember how many times we went to the park, the library or the zoo. Go as much as you like! It’s good exercise; even if you tire of smelling the camels and watching the lions sleep.

2003-2004 Field Trips (Kindergarten & First Grade)

• The Library

 

• Pumpkin Patch/Train Ride/Hay Ride at a Farm ***

 

 

• Creation Evidence Museum – Glen Rose, TX ***

 

 

• Dinosaur Valley State Park – Glen Rose, TX ***

 

 

• Dollar Store with Dad

 

 

• Blue Bell Creamery – Brenham, TX ***

 

 

• Six Flags Over Texas – Arlington, TX ***

 

 

• Visit to a fall festival

 

 

• The Park (Ducks)

 

 

• Antique Rose Emporium – Independence, TX

 

 

• Magic Time Machine Restaurant – Addison, TX ***

 

 

• Houston Ship Channel (tour on Coast Guard boat) ***

 

 

• Play Laser Tag

 

 

• Visit a famous Steam Train making it’s way across country ***

 

 

• Bolivar Lighthouse – Galveston, TX ***

 

 

• Houston Zoo… Train Ride and Petting Zoo, too! ***

 

 

• AD Players Drama: “Princess and the Pea” (Houston, TX) ***

 

 

• Explore UT (Texas Memorial Museum Exhibits, Virtual 3-D Animation Show, Science Fair, Campus Passports, Free Bus Rides, Lego Robotics, Fire Safety Demonstration, Glenrose Dinosaur Tracks, Llama Exhibit, Coat of Arms Craft, ETC!) ***

 

 

• Galveston Beach (Build sand castles, visit Cathedral to see beautiful stained glass windows, Mario’s Pizza for lunch)***

 

 

• Glass Blowing Demonstration – Houston Studio Glass***

 

 

• Attend an Eye Doctor visit with Grandma and learn about Diabetic Retinopathy (see plastic eye model and ask doctor questions)

 

 

• Texas State Railroad *** (between Rusk and Palestine)

 

 

• Caddo Mounds State Park (Texas)

 

 

• Visit other people’s churches

 

 

• Movie Theater: Home on the Range

 

 

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