Education should be as interactive as possible. Days out for example, form memories that help us remember important facts. First-hand experiences are more valuable in many ways, compared to reading from a book. For most children, books are less inspiring and less memorable then interactive-learning.
Summer is upon us, and no shortage of parents are going to be dreading that second week in August when bored children start to cause trouble. That’s why it’s important to plan ahead your days out with the kids so that you’re well prepared when they start to get a little restless! To help you out, we’ve put together a list of some of the UK’s most popular educational days out, take a look:
Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness
The big attraction of Natureland is their work to heal and raise seals. Focusing on rearing injured seal pups, Natureland’s work is to return healthy seals to the wild. Your children can also enjoy a meerkat enclosure and pet corner!
Cadbury World, Birmingham
Cadbury World offers a broad series of educational tours, bespoke to the age groups involved, to explore how Cadbury’s chocolate in manufactured. What’s more, you get to eat delicious Cadbury chocolate!
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Shropshire
Hoo Farm has up to eight hands-on activities on site, including lamb feeding, reptile handling, owl meets, sheep interaction and more. The farm is also remarkably cheap for what your kids can get, and there are discounts for larger groups.
Go Ape, Nationwide
Designed to bring your children’s attention to teamwork, creative learning, and confidence. With zip wires, tree-top swings, and difficult rope bridges in scenic forests, your children are guaranteed to love a day out at Go Ape!
Adventure World, Hatton
Another outdoor adventure park, purpose built to maximise fun and education value. Children can enjoy tractor rides, sheep racing, indoor soft play and an engaging, educational tour of a working farm.
Drayton Manor, Tamworth
Drayton Manor is known as one of the UK’s best theme parks, and the park also has an educational element; the Rollercoaster Forces workshop explores the physics behind roller coasters using scale models are real roller coaster parts. They also host an on-site zoo, where you go on an educational guided tour.
Ness Gardens, the Wirral
Open seven days a week, Ness Gardens Liverpool, offers a relaxing and educational experience in their botanical gardens. Aside from the space for children to play and the family to enjoy a picnic, the gardens also offer interaction with animals, and wildlife displays designed to add a bit of learning to the fun.
Butterfly Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon
Rain or shine, the Butterfly Farm is a great place to let your children get close to these beautiful creatures. Inside the massive greenhouses the farm hosts hundreds of species of butterflies from all over the world. The farm is also home to ‘Arachnoland’, a safely enclosed area with some of the world’s biggest spiders, scorpion colonies, and even venomous species.