It is a personal bucket list item of mine to visit all 50 states and if possible, the National Parks within their limits. With summer road trips and family vacations on the horizon, I wanted to find a way to pass this passion for travel along to my oldest who appears to share the same adventure spirit.

Additionally, I wanted to create a fun way to learn about the 50 states and the protected lands we call our National Parks.

The parks offer an exceptional gateway to the unique features each state has to offer. By highlighting each park visited my hope is that he will be encouraged to continue to visit these sites throughout his life.

Above all, it’s important that my son understands the seriousness of protecting these sacred properties that our memories are made on.

The printable domestic travel log and learning activity for kids (available for download below!) is a great way to foster an excitement for travel and exploration, and serves as a good introduction to the states that embody this vast, beautiful country. It can be printed and placed in a binder or framed on the wall for display.

We hope your littles enjoy adding marks to the checklist year after year, and learn more about the 50 states as they color in the shapes on the map.

Here are a few photos of my son filling out his own domestic travel log and how we’ve decided to display this fun learning activity for kids!

We decided to make the map colorful but it would be fun to color code each state by year visited or otherwise! It is displayed here in a frame but a binder with page protectors is also a good idea to preserve the log.

For the 50 states checklist, we added the dates that we traveled to each one (for the ones we could remember) as a memory keeper. We circled the parks that we’ve visited but a highlighter would work too!

ravel Log for kids

My son thrives on routines; the consistency not only gives him a sense of security, but it helps him to feel confident in time management as well. Creating an established routine also assists in developing important habits and life skills. Now with summer ending, I knew I needed to create some type of schedule once school ended that will carry on the steadiness in his daily activities.

If you know me, you know I’m a planner by nature; so in one month’s time…this mama will need an agenda. This year, I decided to add a supplemental summer planner printable to go along with our Printable Family Binder Bundle and I’m so excited to share it with you!

See what our Summer Activity Planner has inside!

The Summer Activity Planner has 5 pages included:

• Weekly Summer Schedule: A guideline of fun summer activities you can do with your child throughout the week.
• Daily Summer Schedule: A timeline of suggested daily activities. Feel free to have your child choose summer bucket list ideas for their daily activity.
• Summer Bucket List: A list of obligatory summer ideas for kids.
• Summer Reading List: Create and track your summer reading list and then have your child rate their books!
• Summer Chore Chart: Age appropriate chore chart for the summer.

I printed out ours and put it into our Family Emergency Binder so we have a single place to reference all family items.

How do you plan your daily summer activities? I’d love to hear your best tips in the comments below!