I once read of a homeschooled boy of six who said, "Mummy, children in schools learn by hearing and reading about things. I learn by doing things."
It needn't cost a lot of money or time to experience things in our locale. It depends, of course, where you live as to what you can access for hands-on learning experiences, excursions and the like. Your local tourist centre may be a great place to research places and events for your list. Here are some ideas to get you thinking...
Airports
Antique Stores
Aquariums
Aquatic Centres
Art Galleries
Art classes
Bali (don’t laugh – I know of a home ed. family who spent a few months there!)
Ballet
Ballet lessons
Banks
Beaches
Belly dancing
Bike Rides
Blood Banks
Botanic Gardens
Bowling Alley
Bridges and Jetties or Wharfs
Bus trips
Bush
Cafes
Camping
Camps
Caves
Churches, Temples, Mosques etc.
Cinema
Circus
Cities
Clothing manufacturers
Craft lessons
Classes – in anything of interest, and not necessarily just those aimed at kids!
Conservatorium
Court Houses
Dance classes
Drama Groups
Environmental Reserves
Farms
Farmstays
Ferry Rides
Festivals
Fishing
Fun Parks
Galleries
Gardens
Go Kart Tracks
Gymnastics
Harbours and Ports
Health Professionals
Heritage Buildings
Historic Sites
Holidays – unlimited fun in off-peak times!
Home Education Groups
Horse Riding
Hospitals
Ice Skating
Indigenous Centres and Sites
Information Centres
Internet cafes
Islands
Laboratories
Lakes
Libraries
Lookouts
Marinas
Markets
Mills – sugar, paper, cotton…
Mines/Gemfields
Mountains
Museums
Music lessons and workshops
Music performances
National Parks
Nature Walks – anywhere!
Newspaper Offices
Nurseries
Nursing Homes
Obstacle courses
Operas
Opportunity Shops
Orchards
Parks
Parliament House
Permaculture Gardens, Villages or Communities
Plantations
Planetarium
Playgroups
Police Youth Clubs
Post Offices
Pottery Clubs
Quays
Radio Stations
Railway stations – modern or historic
Recitals
Recycling Centres
Restaurants
Rivers
Road Safety Centres
Schools
Science Centres
Scouts, Cubs and Guides
Seaside
Shops – specialty stores like electronics suppliers, music stores and hardware shops are great!
Skyscrapers
Sporting workshops
Sports events
Sports
State Forests
Statues and sculptures
Studios
Supermarket (maths)
Swamps
Swimming Holes
Swimming Pools
Teahouses
Television Studios
Theatres
Theme Parks
Tourist Attractions
Tours
Townships
Train and tram trips
Trees – tall trees, fruit trees, famous trees, planting trees…
Universities
Vet’s surgeries
Video Stores
Volunteering – anywhere!
Walking Tracks
Waterfalls
Wildlife Carers
Wildlife Parks
Wetlands
Workshops (often held free by councils in the school holidays)
Youth Groups
YMCA
Zoo
Perhaps you can print this list and brainstorm with your family or homeschooling group for activities and venues relevant to your learning journey? Have fun and may the world be your classroom...
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