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Home › Articles › General › Family Field Trips

Family Field Trips

Educational Adventures

By Teri Brown

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  • Take snacks. Kids are always hungry, so take snacks to guard against unplanned food expenses. The pricing differences between convenience and grocery stores is staggering! Besides, what would my car look like without snack wrappers strewn everywhere?
  • Have a car safety kit (for organized people only). Include in the kit: blanket, flashlight, map, cell phone, phone numbers of contact people, first aid kit and basic tools. (My own personal kit includes two McDonald's toys, an old hairbrush, some candy wrappers, a flashlight with no batteries and chocolate. Hey, you never know!)
  • Have directions with you. (Self-explanatory. I add this here because, yes, I have forgotten them!)

    • Dealing With Moody Preteens

    Another aspect you need to factor in with tweens is their changeable attitude. One day they can look forward to a family outing and the next day they are dreading it. To get around this takes a little bit of parental ingenuity.

    On a recent day trip to the mountains with our tweens, we made an unexpected stop at an alpine slide. The unexpected delighted them to no end and both were more than willing to go along with the other educational stops we made, such as to a small antique shop on our way to the hiking area.

    Tweens love surprises more than any other age group. A little surprise will go a long way in ensuring cooperation with your other ideas, and most of the time, they end up enjoying them as well.


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