Family Field Trip: Explore Art, Food, Music, and Nature with Kids

Description

Field Trip makes it easy to incorporate moments of learning and exploration into life with kids. In this engaging guide, parents and caretakers will find simple-to-follow ideas and tips for cultural experiences the whole family can enjoy, whether they are at home, exploring the neighbourhood, or taking a vacation. Featuring activities and advice on: Exploring sites, languages, and foods of the world from home Starting a supper club to introduce kids to the basics of cooking Having conversations that encourage empathy and cross-cultural understanding Designing fun scavenger hunts for any kind of museum, exhibit, or park Planning and packing for trips with kids Drawing on a range of popular experiential educational techniques - including Montessori, World Schooling, Forest Schooling, and more - Field Trip is the perfect handbook for any family with young children and an invaluable resource for raising kids who will grow into empathetic, curious, well-rounded citizens of the world.

Erin Austen Abbott is a writer, early childhood educator, and former traveling nanny. She writes about parenting, art, craft, design, and more on her lifestyle blog, ameliapresents.com. Stories about Erin's work have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Real Simple, Mother Mag, Design*Sponge, and more. Her first book, How To Make It, was published in 2017. She lives in Mississippi with her husband and son.