Our Partners

Each day children around the country recite this motto and take an oath of their own to protect parks,  continue to learn about parks, and share their own ranger story with  friends and family.

The NPS Junior Ranger program is an activity based program  conducted in almost all parks, and some Junior Ranger programs are  national.  Many national parks offer young visitors the opportunity to  join the National Park Service "family" as Junior Rangers. Many state parks now offer similar programs as well.

Interested youth complete a series of activities during a park  visit, share their answers with a park ranger, and receive an official  Junior Ranger patch/badge and Junior Ranger certificate. There are even ways you can become a Junior Ranger at home now. Junior Rangers are  typically between the ages of 5 to 13, although people of all ages can  participate.

USA Homeschool Fieldtrips is not affiliated with the National Parks System. We just saw a need to educate homeschool families on how beneficial these programs are and how they can be used to compliment home educating.