Example amazing field trip--www.uga.edu/botgarden
Note: On your exploratory, short field trip, check out the gift shops at every place you go. There are unique, reasonably priced, often original (art, jewelry, books) or regional, gifts to choose for upcoming holidays, birthdays, anniversaries. But you do NOT have to spend a lot of money for field trips. Plan ahead as part of your fun...and, yes, education.
Field trips put your brain and body into a multi-sensory approach to life and learning. Even a short trip to a garden wakes up every part of your brain and body. Your creativity is remembered into your mind and body, literally coalescing from fragments into ideas and plans.
Today, go on-line and find an example of a garden (maybe a botanical garden), a federal or state park, a library, a city or college or local museum, an art gallery, and a local theater for live performances. Look at the website for each and make some early notes for a visit.
Plan your first visit to be a fairly short one--perhaps combined with breakfast, lunch, or coffee in a restaurant near the 'field trip.' If you don't know the area for the visit very well, find out the menu and prices for an interesting place to eat--or just make that part of your trip more settled by choosing a breakfast chain restaurant where you know you can rest for a little while looking at your brochures, notes, or journal.
Notice I said to find examples of six different types of field trips: a garden, a park, a library, a museum, an art gallery, and a theater. Within each of these categories, the possibilities are infinite!
For the first short trip, begin with a garden--in the spirit of planting seeds: Let's say you have chosen to go to the State Botanical Garden at the University of Georgia. First, for YOUR choice, look up the website for the place. If your garden to visit does not have a website (say, it's your grandfather's garden or a community garden in the city), find a resource and ask the following: 1) When is a good time to visit? 2) Are there any tours or, if not, is there a person you can locate to ask a few questions? 3) What will be growing or blooming this time of year? 4) What is being planted this time of year? 5) Is there a way for you to get seedlings for your own window or garden? My example: University of GA Botanical Garden
Get your directions. Plan your time and transportation. Remember, the first time is an exploratory trip--just looking around and getting some ideas for spending more time on your next trip.
Note: On your exploratory, short field trip, check out the gift shops at every place you go. There are unique, reasonably priced, often original (art, jewelry, books) or regional, gifts to choose for upcoming holidays, birthdays, anniversaries. But you do NOT have to spend a lot of money for field trips. Plan ahead as part of your fun...and, yes, education.
Field trips put your brain and body into a multi-sensory approach to life and learning. Even a short trip to a garden wakes up every part of your brain and body. Your creativity is remembered into your mind and body, literally coalescing from fragments into ideas and plans.
Today, go on-line and find an example of a garden (maybe a botanical garden), a federal or state park, a library, a city or college or local museum, an art gallery, and a local theater for live performances. Look at the website for each and make some early notes for a visit.
Plan your first visit to be a fairly short one--perhaps combined with breakfast, lunch, or coffee in a restaurant near the 'field trip.' If you don't know the area for the visit very well, find out the menu and prices for an interesting place to eat--or just make that part of your trip more settled by choosing a breakfast chain restaurant where you know you can rest for a little while looking at your brochures, notes, or journal.
Notice I said to find examples of six different types of field trips: a garden, a park, a library, a museum, an art gallery, and a theater. Within each of these categories, the possibilities are infinite!
For the first short trip, begin with a garden--in the spirit of planting seeds: Let's say you have chosen to go to the State Botanical Garden at the University of Georgia. First, for YOUR choice, look up the website for the place. If your garden to visit does not have a website (say, it's your grandfather's garden or a community garden in the city), find a resource and ask the following: 1) When is a good time to visit? 2) Are there any tours or, if not, is there a person you can locate to ask a few questions? 3) What will be growing or blooming this time of year? 4) What is being planted this time of year? 5) Is there a way for you to get seedlings for your own window or garden? My example: University of GA Botanical Garden
Get your directions. Plan your time and transportation. Remember, the first time is an exploratory trip--just looking around and getting some ideas for spending more time on your next trip.
