Field trip advice

[Peacefulbird]

Hi. If it helps you can attach that forms to your contract with a list of the places you might visit. (Museums, forest Park, farm etc. The places that you posible will be visiting) that way parents know from the beginning what your outings are.

Also at the beginning of a contract you must explain if entrances or extra fees are going to be charged, some parents need time in advance to decide if they will commit in sendING their children and pay extra for outings. If you haven't it is fair to ask if that will be ok with them. Personally I include mine in my fees so no surprises and Noone can argue. But I also had very generous parents getting us free passes or free parking spots etc.

Your schedule is fine, you're husband might need extra time to relax after all.

I usually keep my group all together we visit things or activities as a group if I had one that runs a lot then I have a waist harness to keep him always close to me. (Mostly because I do it alone with my group). Once we have visited things as a group then I figure out to find a nice safe place to let them be free. So I can stand back a supervise. They absolutely learn a lot from outings. Enjoy your visit!!

[bonnie]

Hi. If it helps you can attach that forms to your contract with a list of the places you might visit. (Museums, forest Park, farm etc. The places that you posible will be visiting) that way parents know from the beginning what your outings are.

Also at the beginning of a contract you must explain if entrances or extra fees are going to be charged, some parents need time in advance to decide if they will commit in sendING their children and pay extra for outings. If you haven't it is fair to ask if that will be ok with them. Personally I include mine in my fees so no surprises and Noone can argue. But I also had very generous parents getting us free passes or free parking spots etc.

Your schedule is fine, you're husband might need extra time to relax after all.

I usually keep my group all together we visit things or activities as a group if I had one that runs a lot then I have a waist harness to keep him always close to me. (Mostly because I do it alone with my group). Once we have visited things as a group then I figure out to find a nice safe place to let them be free. So I can stand back a supervise. They absolutely learn a lot from outings. Enjoy your visit!!

Thank you very much for your advise. I will definitely be looking into updating my policy. I think it's fair for parents to budget $20/year for field trips and I can also pay for some. All of my parents are pretty good so I don't think they will have a problem paying. But I do see what you are saying. If we never discussed this ahead of time, then it's really not fair for me to expect them to pay. For this trip, I will be asking them to pay and also ask them if they are ok with it. If there is a problem, then I will take it from there.

The thing that I like about the children's museum over here is that each exhibit is in a small to large room in itself. Also, it's pretty much free play and exploring for every room so the kids will be roaming around on their own within the room. It's one of the reason why I chose this as my first field trip. Hopefully, it will be fairly easy to contain them in a group. I do have a preschooler who is a runner. He is very high energy so I do sometimes worry about him. I am planning as much as possible. The rest, I'll just have to learn through experience Thanks again for the tips!