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School trips are important to children for a lot of reasons. It will provide your child with a range of abilities to try out with their friends, and there are heaps of other benefits your child will gain from taking part in school trips. Many schools will provide a range of excursions and educational visits to help your child explore a range of life skills.
Here are some big benefits to school trips that your child will greatly appreciate.
It will give your child the chance to explore the outdoors
A popular, well-known benefit is the fact your child is being taken away from the classroom and they’re getting used to a completely different environment. From a toddler age your child will have experienced playgroups, play dates, and maybe even going to a forest school as well.
When your child heads to primary or pre-prep school, they’ll be able to build upon these regular outdoor visits. They’re more likely to remember their experiences more fondly of the great outdoors as they grow older.
Helps your child build their communication skills
School trips will often require your child to talk to other kids in their class group, which will require them to pick up on their socialisation skills quickly. Taking your child out of their comfort zone makes for quicker results in terms of learning to communicate effectively, solve problems together and be respectful.
Gives your child the confidence to do well
Communicating, learning to solve problems and be clever with the choices a child makes will greatly help your child with their growth. All of this, and more, will naturally improve your child’s confidence and self-esteem. Continued practice of this will help your child learn to know their strengths and weaknesses as well. In turn, your child will learn how to remain positive and efficient in all that they do.
