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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