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Field trips, though often adored by the children, can more often than not become a challenge or obstacle for the teacher than the adventure it can be for the kids.

Facts about filed trips:
• The kids are excited:
Why? They get to be out of the classroom for a day—they get to talk to the other students without getting in trouble—ride on the bus and sing songs and play games—it is the one day you can be sure the children will not want to get sick and stay at home.

• The parents and other chaperones are often unprepared and will have to be instructed as to what to do:
Despite their most sincere efforts to help—sometimes the chaperones of a field trip can be more of a problem for you than the kids. Often they are mothers who know each other and they will want to chat—sometimes they have a group too large for them to keep up with and may lose track of a child—hopefully this happens only momentarily—and that is usually how it goes. But it will you’re your heart jump right up into your throat—it is best to avoid the extra stress if you can. The chaperone disasters are events that do not always take place, though—especially if you try to find chaperones with more experience in going on field trips.

• The field trip must be carefully planned:
All permission slips must have been turned in at least a day or two in advance. The schedule of your field trips must allow for time to get ready in the classroom after the children arrive but before the field trip bus is scheduled to leave. These preparations include instructing the chaperones, preparing the kids—making sure that water, lunches, and any other items they will need are packed up and ready to go.

Suggestions:

Use the “buddy system”:
If you have ever taken a field trip before—whether as a chaperone or as a teacher—you are familiar with the “buddy system”. This is where every child picks a partner to adhere to throughout the field trip. The children must make sure they are with their “buddy” at all times.

Stay in groups:
Often the class will be too large to wander around all together, especially if they must enter a museum through small doors and look at exhibits that are not easy to see with a crowded group of kids all looking at once. If you divide the kids into three or four groups for your field trips, you can assign a chaperone to each group.

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