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Reader Stories: Our Homeschool Field Trip - Alabama

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Homeschool field trips provide an opportunity for your children to experience the world around them first hand. Rather alone, or with a group, field trips can bring your studies to life and reinforce the lessons learned at home.

Have you been on a homeschool field trip lately? Share your local field trip experiences and help others as they follow in your footsteps. You can also share a picture or two of your experience.

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Seward Farms

We took 2 preschoolers, ages 4 and 2 1/2 to Seward Farms just across the Alabama state line in Lucedale, Mississippi.We took advantage of all the activities with the exception of the corn cannons. We…More

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

There are numerous waterfowl at the refuge year round but the big attraction is the annual Sandhill Crane Migration. Each year around 8,000 Sandhill Cranes stop at Wheeler NWR from November to Januar…More

Alabama Wildlife Center

The Audubon programs at the Center are my child's favorite trips. We have seen presentations on numerous animals. Two recent trips were for a presentation on the importance of keeping wild babies wil…More

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