SCHOOL FIELD TRIP & EXCURSIONS FOR PRESCHOOLERS
Discover a world of active learning activities for preschoolers that go beyond the four walls of a classroom. Engage, excite, and educate young minds with adventures they won’t soon forget.
AESTHETICS AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Aesthetics involves the love and pursuit of beauty as found in art, music and movement. It creates opportunities for the creative expression of emotions and ideas.
In this Learning Journey at MINT Museum of Toys, we have included learning points of art, music and movement in each of our 4 trails – Outerspace, Characters, Childhood Favourites & Collectables — to foster the holistic development of preschool children, including the cognitive, physical, social-emotional and creative domains.
Each trail provides a range of stimuli, ideas and opportunities for children to colour, express and move! These experiences help promote children’s imagination and creativity.
ACTIVE PRESCHOOL LEARNING ACTIVITIES
The preschool years are a crucial time for learning, as this is the age when foundational skills are built up to prepare young children for formal schooling. One way to enhance the learning experience is through practising active learning which engages higher-level skills such as thinking, discussing, investigating, and creating. As adults, these skills may seem like second nature, but for a preschooler, these are brand-new skills to acquire!
Play is one of the most effective and intuitive ways for children to learn about the world around them, and as a toy museum in Singapore, that’s one of the things we know best! Our school field trips for preschoolers use a variety of active learning strategies to keep the kids engaged so that they can get the most out of our learning journeys. These activities include roleplaying, arts and crafts, movement, and puppetry so that the kids are never bored. With 4 trails to choose from – each with its own storyline and uniquely featured toys – we are always striving to be a place where children can learn and develop new skills while having fun.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS IN SINGAPORE
What is the purpose of a field trip and is it good for students?
A field trip takes students outside of school to undergo new experiences, acquire unique content knowledge, and hone critical thinking skills gained during classroom lessons. This lets them draw and reinforce connections between their classroom knowledge and the real world. Field trips are common amongst students in Singapore at every age group, and are also a good way for students to bond with their classmates in a fun and engaging environment. For preschoolers, specifically, such trips provide them with exposure to diverse places that encourage curiosity and discovery, making every place they visit a platform for interactive learning.
What are the types of field trips?
There are all kinds of field trips available for schools in Singapore to choose from. If you are looking for a field trip for preschoolers to a place offering active learning activities that focus on creativity, imagination, and aesthetics, look no further than the MINT Museum of Toys.
How long is a field trip?
The length of a field trip varies according to the host or venue organising it as well as the size of the place the activities are held at. The field trip programmes for preschoolers here at the MINT Museum of Toys last for 60 minutes. If your school is interested in having a field trip to our museum in Singapore, get in touch with us for more information. You may also consider our workshop for kids.
What is the best school field trip?
The best type of school field trip is one that actively engages its students and provides a unique experience that will let them learn through having fun. Our learning journeys for preschoolers here at the MINT Museum of Toys are designed to practise active learning through experiential activities. As play is the natural way that young children learn best, we emphasise the importance of having fun throughout the trip so that they can stay meaningfully engaged with the activities.
Why are active learning activities so important for preschoolers?
Active learning is a key part of early childhood education. It refers to allowing children to directly interact with the environment around them so that they can learn through sensory activities and input. Simply put it is one of the most intuitive ways that preschoolers learn, and has many benefits such as improving their self-esteem, finetuning their motor skills, and boosting crucial skills in problem-solving, creativity, reasoning, and teamwork.
What are the best active learning activities for preschoolers?
Children naturally engage with and interpret the world around them through the process of play. This does not just refer to having fun but to allowing children to freely explore the environment around them in order to make sense of new experiences. The best active learning experiences for preschoolers are ones that recognise this and thus use a range of sensory stimuli and fun activities to allow children to express their imagination and creativity.
LEARN ABOUT ART, MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
FROM OUR 4 TRAILS
Outerspace
MUSEUM LEVEL 5
LEARNING THROUGH OUTERSPACE
Five years ago, a terrible space crash happened that left an Astronaut and his handy robot assistant, Hook Robot, stranded on a strange faraway planet. In this exciting Outerspace Trail, the children will take part in a rescue mission to bring the stranded astronaut back to Earth. With no one to call for help, with aliens looming nearby and no spaceship to travel, how will they get back to Earth?
Through this immersive outerspace adventure, pre-school learners will be prompted to think about communication and transportation systems based on the museum’s toys, such as the Space Patrol Walkie Talkie, Space Gun and The Moon ZX-8. These activities in the adventure will allow the children to explore elements of art as well as dynamics of sound-making and movements.
The programme will end with each child going through an interactive hands-on activity featuring ‘The Martian in the Sky’ AR Story-Colouring Book.
HIGHLIGHTED TOYS
Hook Robot
Space Patrol Walkie Talkie
‘S’ Robot
MAKER: Waco
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
YEAR OF MAKE: 1960s
MAKER: J. & L. Randall Ltd
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
YEAR OF MAKE: 1950s
MAKER: Unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
YEAR OF MAKE: 1930s
The Moon ZX-8
Space Gun
MAKER: Marusan
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
YEAR OF MAKE: 1950s
MAKER: Unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
YEAR OF MAKE: 1960s
CHARACTERS
MUSEUM LEVEL 4
LEARNING THROUGH CHARACTERS
Tintin, the reporter has received an urgent case to investigate a mysteriously hijacked train. As it turns out, the Joker has stolen one of Japan’s high-speed bullet trains!
In this Character Trail, the children will take part in an exciting mission and meet popular characters such as Tintin, Batman and Tetsujin 28. With the Joker threatening to derail the train, will they be able to rescue the passengers and stop the train in time?
Through this immersive dramatisation of the railway adventure, the children will communicate through an alarm system and explore the railway system based on the museum’s Toys, such as Snowy Alarm Clock, Batman and Flying Tetsujin 28. These adventures will allow the children to explore the tones and pitches in different clocks, identify the shapes, colours and materials used in toys, as well as body-shaping and movements through tableaux.
The programme will end with each child going through an interactive hands-on activity featuring a ‘Super Puppy in Me’ AR Story-Colouring Book.
HIGHLIGHTED TOYS
Flying Tetsujin 28
Batman Bandai
Snowy Alarm Clock
MAKER: Yoonezawa Toys
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
YEAR OF MAKE: 1960s
MAKER: Bandao
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
YEAR OF MAKE: 1960s
MAKER: Bayard
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
YEAR OF MAKE: 1960s
CHILDHOOD FAVOURITES
MUSEUM LEVEL 3
LEARNING THROUGH CHILDHOOD FAVOURITES
The ringmaster of a newly opened circus is getting ready to present his first act of the evening. However, he realises that all of his acrobats and performers are missing! In this Childhood Favourites Trail, the children will be helping the ringmaster put up an exciting circus performance. With no performers, no instruments and no costumes, how will they entertain the audience who are waiting eagerly behind the curtains?
Through this immersive dramatisation of a circus adventure, the children explore different types of materials and costumes, learn about examples of musical and puppetry acts based on the museum’s toys, such as the Manchu Lady, Teddy Bear Riding Tricycle and Mr. Punch. These learning activities within the adventure will allow the pre-schoolers to explore shapes and materials of toys, rhythm and tempo of instruments, as well as dramatic characterisation through different types of puppetry.
The programme will end with each child going through an interactive hands-on activity featuring ‘The Grizzly Bear’s New Home’ AR Story-Colouring Book.
HIGHLIGHTED TOYS
Teddy Bear Riding Tricycle
Manchu Lady
Punch and Judy Booth
MAKER: H.G Stone &
Company Limited
(Chitern Toys)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
YEAR OF MAKE: 1950s
MAKER: Door of Hope Mission
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: China
YEAR OF MAKE: 1920s-1930s
MAKER: Unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Unknown
YEAR OF MAKE: 1891s-1899s
Punch and Judy Booth
Mr Punch
MAKER: Unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
YEAR OF MAKE: 1930s
MAKER: H.G Stone & Company Limited (Chiltern Toys)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
YEAR OF MAKE: 1950s
COLLECTABLES
MUSEUM LEVEL 2
LEARNING THROUGH COLLECTABLES
An explorer has received a mysterious map marked with an X right at her door. Convinced that it is a map leading to a huge pile of treasure, the explorer decides to go on an adventure deep into the forest.
In this Collectables Trail, the children will join the explorer in her treasure hunt! With no tools and lots of scary beasts looming in the deep dark forest, will they be able to find the treasure?
Through this immersive dramatisation of the treasure-hunting adventure, the children will identity tools that can help defend themselves from beasts and unravel the mystery behind an abandoned treasure based on the museum’s toys, such as The Drummer Boy, Bear Clicker Toy, Snappy – The Happy Bubble Blowing Dragon and Greyhound Lines Bus.
The activities within the adventure will allow the pre-school learners to explore dynamics and pitches, as well as the relationship between rhythm and movement. Learning activities involving various instruments, body movement and mechanics will be conducted, as well as identifying lines, shapes, textures through observation and tactile exploration.
The programme will end with each child going through an interactive hands-on activity featuring ‘A Singaporean’s Dream’ AR Story-Colouring Book.
HIGHLIGHTED TOYS
Snappy The Happy Bubble Blowing Dragon
Bear Clicker Toy
Greyhound Lines Bus
MAKER: Louis Marx and Company
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
YEAR OF MAKE: 1960s
MAKER: Unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
YEAR OF MAKE: 1930s
MAKER: Marusan
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan
YEAR OF MAKE: 1955-1959
INTERESTED IN OUR TOURS?
MEMORIES CREATED AT OUR SPACE
KINDSVILLE LEARNING JOURNEY AT
MINT MUSEUM OF TOYS
Based on Nurturing Early Learners (NEL) framework guidelines and objectives for preschool learning alongside a collaborative partnership with the Singapore Kindness Movement, learners will develop social and cognitive skills, gain self-worth and confidence required to engage in new experiences with fellow peers as well as understand the concept of what it means to be kind through the use of 5 Kindsville Magic Words.
This programme is a collaborative project together with Singapore Kindness Movement.
KINDNESS THROUGH TOYS
Through meeting the museum’s toys with Singa and the Kindness Cubbies, this Learning Journey will provide a range of stimuli, scenarios, ideas and opportunities for children to communicate, express and embrace what it means to be kind to one another. The programme will help promote learner’s imagination, creativity and social responsibility through the museum’s vintage toy collections from Outerspace.
OUTERSPACE THEMED TOYS
Hook Robot
Maker: Waco
Year of Make: 1960s
Material: Lithographed Tin
Country of Origin: Japan
Telstar Pocket Kaleidoscope
Maker: Green Monk Products Ltd
Year of Make: 1960s Material: Lithographed Tin & Plastic
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Buck Rogers Solar Scout
Maker: Sackman Brothers
Year of Make: 1934
Material: Fabric
Country of Origin: United States of America
Flash Gordon Sparkling Rocket Fighter Ship
Maker: Louis Marx and Co
Year of Make: 1939
Material: Lithographed Tin
Country of Origin: United States of America