Discover North Carolina: Field Trips
This website from the UNC School of Education offers an effective example of a statewide database of field trip ideas.
Camp Silos: Why Take a Field Trip?
A thorough checklist of field trip preparation and logistics for a successful experience.
Learn NC: Planning a Successful (and Educational) Field Trip
This article by Bobby Hobgood and Lesley Richardson provides detailed information on how to prepare for a fieldtrip and ensure a meaningful experience.
Scholastic: Five Tips for Successful Field Trips
Alyssa Zelkowitz gives advice on how to prepare special needs students for a successful fieldtrip. The advice shared supports ESL student participation as well.
Museum of Science: Field Trip Activities
The website from the Boston Museum of Science offers examples of field trip activities that students can try, as well as downloadable worksheets and chaperone guides.
NAEYC: We're Going on a Field Trip!
This worksheet from NAEYC's Teaching Young Children magazine offers an easy template to use when sharing information with parents about upcoming field trips. A Spanish version, is also available.
Field Trips and Other Adventures
This booklist from Reading Rockets offers a selection of children's titles that take children on an adventure, from a trip to the zoo to a trip on the Magic School Bus!
Parents + Schools = Successful Children: Practioner Guide
The Parents + Schools = Successful Children series is a project developed by the National Center for Family Literacy. The project includes bilingual materials to promote the importance of parent involvement and literacy support at home.
Reading Rockets: Summer Reading
Reading Rockets offers a wide variety of summer reading resources, from booklists and parent tips to a webcast and information about summer loss.
The Collaborative Summer Library Program
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) is a grassroots consortium of states working together to provide high-quality summer reading program materials for children at the lowest cost possible for their public libraries.