Nature time is one of the best parts of homeschooling — and a weekend camping trip is the ultimate homeschool nature adventure. Here’s how to make your homeschool camping trip a fun experience for the whole family.

The ultimate homeschool field trip: Take a Beverly Cleary-inspired vacation to Portland, Oregon to check out the real-life landmarks that inspired the Ramona books.

Nature study doesn’t get more hands-on than this wonder-packed route along the California coast. See the redwoods, look for tide pools, and explore a landscape shaped by volcanic eruption.

It’s the ultimate spring break getaway: Take your favorite readaloud, choose a destination inspired by it, and hit the road for a family vacation that’s the perfect homeschool mash-up. Chances of pulling off a ninja sleepover at the Metropolitan Museum of Art get slimmer every year, but that doesn’t mean planning how you’d do it isn’t a ton of fun.

The ocean is your fellow traveler along US-1, and there’s plenty of fun to be had in and out of the water as you travel down Florida’s southernmost tip.

There’s an art to choosing a good road trip book: It needs to have enough action to keep your attention, appeal across a wide range of ages, and be funny enough that you reach your destination with a smile on your face.