I have been wanting to create some homeschool field trip journal pages for a while, but have been hesitant to create them. Writing for most kids is something you have to sneak in. So I have been mulling over even the smallest detail about the forms. For the field trip pages I created that even meant brainstorming the title.
I just couldn’t bring myself to name the pages Field Trip Report because it sounds so — well — like a report. My sons enjoy writing for the most part and I want to keep it that way. Finally, I settled on the title Field Trip Journals because I think there is freedom in the word journal for a budding writer. It almost feels like you are not going to squash their creative ideas before they get started. I appreciate some breathing room when I write and I extend that same liberty to my kids.
Instead of my sons reporting back to me, I prefer they want to write about our field trips. Too, I wanted to use a more whimsical form so our kids could feel like they own it.
I have created some boxes for them to write in and then created a few more smaller blank spaces if they wanted to share one or two more ideas.
Some kids are word whisperers and I was sort of that way growing up. Jotting down a word or two that I heard lately either gave me a chuckle or invoked a serious side.
More Homeschool Field Trip Resources
- Free Editable Field Trip Tracking Guide for Homeschool Field Trips
- 7 Benefits of Virtual Field Trips that May Change Your Perspective
- Homeschool Field Trips – An Important Piece of the Educational Puzzle Part 1 + Free Field Trip Planning Page
- 22 Awesome Homeschool History Field Trips
The most recent word my kids are getting a chuckle over is come-uppings. Is that even a word? I used it one time in talking to them and they haven’t quit saying it since then. I don’t care if it’s a word or not because it gives them a cause to pause in the day about their vocabulary and a love of words.
Then we have kids, I have one too, that is a doodler, a scribbler and part designer. Picture words reminds him of an event. The blank space is big enough for a scribble or two even by big kids.
So the blank spaces allows your kids and mine to make the page their own. Too, I didn’t want the pages too babyish so they don’t outgrow them by Kindergarten.
I have 2 pages that have more manly man color. My boys have low tolerance for anything too colorful and I try to minimize the eye-rolling. Then of course on the ones for girls, I go girl color crazy. I have 2 color choices for them also.
I am excited about the forms because you know how much our kids enjoy field trips with other homeschoolers or just with the family. It has always been the highlight of our month.
I hope this sparks a fun and whimsical side to writing for the kids because I think I give my boys enough reports to write about.
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