fiddle Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Anyone have a good template or form for kids to record thoughts, etc on educational feild trips? Thanks! Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I consider *all* field trips to be educational. :) Children learn more if they're enjoying the places they're visiting. Having to fill out forms or write reports won't necessarily make them learn more, but it could make them enjoy it less, which means they won't learn as much. If they enjoy themselves, they're also more likely to want to learn more about some of the things they experienced, too. I would say keep a scrapbook of field trips, with pictures of the dc at each place, flyers or other hand-outs, autographs of the docents, and so on. They might even spontaeously want to write something about what they did or learned, and you could let them, of course. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA6336 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Donna Young's website has one we use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELITEANDLOVINGIT Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 How about a digital camera, faster than taking notes and then they or you could transcribe their thoughts later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar7709 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I don't like stopping the kids to write stuff down when they are engaged. What I have done successfully, is give the kids a special, good-quality notebook that is optional. They can put it in their backpacks and take it out during an event if they see something they want to draw or observe, and/or at the end of the day I might encourage them to write or draw one thing they learned or enjoyed from the excursion, but it isn't mandatory. On our family vacations we make it part of the end-of-day ritual, DH and I also have notebooks and we set a good example by sitting down while dinner or dessert is being prepared and have fun recording our impressions. These times are some of my very favorite memories from our field trips. And my son's little annotated stick figure drawing of his sister getting "steamed" next to a Yellowstone thermal feature is something to be treasured. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I just have my dd narrate when we get back. She either illustrates or we add photos. I keep a record separately of administrative details - a twist on the Sonlight FT form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItoLina Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I just have my son narrate to me when we get back. I write it down and he makes a picture to go with it. We talk about things a lot as we walk along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddle Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Great ideas! I decided to use a bit of a combination of the things people suggested here. My oldest can write a lot more since she's 7th grade, but my youngest is dyslexic and only in 4th grade. The younger one is a lot more visual and also dysgraphic, so I am going to scribe for her. The older one I found a form to use that I liked. This group has such great ideas :) Next time we do a family trip I am going to also use the idea of journaling each night of what we did...... that's a great tip! Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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