Exploring Homeschool Field Trips: Our Dairy Farm Adventure

One of my goals for this year’s homeschooling, is to go on more field trips with the girls. I have so many good memories of field trips when I was younger and while I was in public school myself I want to make sure my girls have that same experience. Which is why when I saw a local dairy farm advertise homeschooling tour discounts, I jumped on the occasion. What better way to start off the year than petting baby cows and seeing how milk, chocolate milk, and ice cream are made?

Simply Natural Creamery is a local dairy farm in the eastern N.C area. They offer tours of their facilities which includes tour by wagon ride. We learned about their Jersey Cows and the whole process from birth to milking to processing and more. Admittedly the girls were more excited about their “Dairy Land” playground which we enjoyed after the tour. But I was pleasantly surprised on the drive home when they were reciting facts that they had learned during the tour. It was nice to see that they had actually been paying attention.

The importance of field trips is not only to get us all out of the house, homeschooling can get a little bit stir-crazy if you don’t get a change of scenery once in a while. Aside from the memories made on field trips they also helps foster creativity, give them some hands on experiences, and building more relationships. My goal is to go on a field trip at least every quarter this year. I have a list of possibilities for the next one, but for now the year has been off to a great start.