Local homeschool mom Mindee compiled a list of nearby field trips and activities! Thanks for sharing, Mindee!!
Field trip and activities ideas
- Gold Bug Mine - Placerville
- Black Cavern Chasms - Volcano
- World of Wonders Museum - Lodi
- CYT theater performances - Roseville and Auburn locations
- Old Sac - train ride (on weekends), RR Museum, Old School House, Underground tours
- Bay Area Discovery Museum – Sausalito Geared for Toddlers- to 8ish
- Kids Skate Free at Rollerland Citrus Heights
- Picking blackberries along the bike trails in Roseville
- Placer Nature Center near Auburn (homeschool classes during the schoolyear)
- Panning for gold in Coloma
- Picking mandarins at Sunset Ridge in Newcastle
- Luminaries handmade game shop in Colfax (owners are homeschool-friendly and love to chat about history, science, etc.!)
- Narrow-gauge railroad rides at Cordova Park
- Take a docent lead cavern tour
- Placer Nature Center field trip
- The Discovery Museum Science & Space Center
- Sacramento Zoo
- Donner Memorial State Park, Truckee
- Discovery Museum Space & Science Center
- Sutter's Fort State Historical Park
- Bishop Pumpkin Farm
- Apple Farms, Apple Valley
- Free Fall Stage
- Gold Country Museum in Auburn
- Hawaiian Chieftain Vessel, San Francisco
- KLove tour at 1-916-251-1600 in Rocklin
- Roseville Telephone Museum
- Hidden Falls Hike
- Roller King, Roseville
- Pumpkin Patch – Kirtland Farms, South Sac?
- Bishops in Wheatland for Fall: Pumpkin Patch
- Bishops in Wheatland for Spring : Hamburger Farm
- High Hill Apple farm
- Fencing lessons
- Cache Creek nature preserve in woodland
- Safari West, Sonoma County https://www.safariwest.com/
- Nicholson blown glass in auburn http://www.nicholsonblownglass.com/
- Pasco in Roseville did a full on science lab field trip for us in addition to a tour of their facility – ton of fun
- Sutter’s Fort during one of their living history days.
- Blessed Sacrament Tour, Sacramento
- Capitol tour (right across the street from Blessed Sac)
- Army Flight Facility tour – classroom discussion, and see equipment etc.
- National Weather Station in Sacramento.
- Feed my Starving Children community service project packing meal bags together
- Roseville food bank tour and service project
- Nimbus fish hatchery
- Crocker art museum
- Sky zone
- CA Bottling company- tour of the facility
- Exotic Animal shelter
- Empire Mine State Park, Nevada City- tour and then picnic lunch
- Sac Zoo
- Folsom Zoo has rescued animals.
- Aerospace museum in north highlands
- Caverns
- Planetarium
- Discovery Museum Astronaut program
- Shari’s Berries (starting a business)
- IMAX
- Port of Sacramento
- “How a City Works” mini-seminar: Possible participants would include City of Roseville City Manager, Chamber of Commerce, Historical Walking Tour, Water Treatment Facility,Roseville Electric
- Nursery Tour (Capitol tours June – January)
- Weimar Institute
- Scottish Games (April) 988-2476
- UCD tram tour of the campus (preparing for college) 757-3108 or CSU Sac 278-7362 or
- William Jessup University
- KCRA Channel 3 weather (refer to p. 76 Sac With Kids for additional ideas)
- Voter Registration and Election Office
- U.S. Forest Service and the CA Dept. of Forestry (near Placerville)
- Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC)
- Maritime Academy
- CHP Academy also 911 Center Academy 376-3200
- Lobby Day
- Folsom Rodeo (May 985-2698)
- U.C. Davis Research Farm 758-1387 (6 miles west of Davis on the west side of Rd. 95)
- Featherland Farms (Orangevale) 988-1382 (Egg Production) 8029 Hazel Ave (4th Grade & Up)
- Bennett Sculpture – Placerville 933-0738
- Pettegrew and Sons Casket Company 383-0777 (or a mortuary)
- Hospital
- Prison
- Corn Maze field trip to Dixon
- Agricultural workshop (UC Davis)
COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Read books on tape for kids at Shriner’s Hospital (Marnie Hill)
Crisis Pregnancy Center
Capitol Resource Institute (Day at the Capitol)
Ride to Walk
Assist with Special Olympics
CMBL (picking up roadside trash)
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Capture the Flag
Rock climbing (Pipe Works – off 16th street)
Food fight
Christian concert
Movie – outside on the side of a barn. Old movie, old time snacks
Toy Yard Wars
Crafting
Day hike
Kayaking at CSUS Aquatics Center
Ultimate Frisbee
Batting cages, hockey rink, skate track at Maidu Park 774-5968 www.roseville.ca.us
Frisbee golf (corner of Oak and Hazel)
Ice skating
Board game night
Basketball – shoot hoops at local school or park
Volleyball
Bowling
Archery
Laser tag
Soccer
Ping pong
No comments:
Post a Comment