Going on a field trip with twenty-two (five year olds) my not be someone’s ideal way to spend a Friday, but that was exactly what I had in mind. I had volunteered to go on this field trip with my five year old for a few reasons. First, it was going to be her ‘first’ field trip, and I wanted to be apart of that…(as well as the worrier in me wanted to know that she was safe). I also didn’t hesitate to be a driver, and group leader because I have work for three different school districts, and currently teach Sunday school. So I don’t scare easily.
So off to the farm we went. We’d get a tour of the grounds from the hired help (aka actors) posing as early western settlers. They’d share with the kids how life was back then. In all accounts this didn’t sound super exciting, let alone fun. But once we were there, and I saw the kid’s excitement it was contagious.
Now, if you asked some of the other parents there what they remembered it would probably go a little something like this. There was a lot of walking, and because it has been a very dry season dirt was being kicked up everywhere. We looked like a herd of animals. It seemed like the tour had us traveling only uphill (which isn’t possible). The sun was high, and there wasn’t a cloud in silent. Lunch time was, of course, outdoors.’ There wasn’t enough benches so many adults had to stand. And everywhere you look people were hugging what shadow they could find, while shooing bugs away from their faces.
Doesn’t sound like much fun, does it? Now when I asked my group of five year olds what they thought of the trip they collectively had this to said, IT WAS AWESOME! They loved the hay ride and thought it was cool learning how to make apple cider. Even when they had to learn to do chores around the farm they still seem to enjoy playing house. And the cherry on top of the cake that was their day hands down was when they got to pick out their very own pumpkin.
Where the adults focused on the heat, bugs, and the amount of walking they had to do their children did the opposite. They enjoyed the simple outdoors and new experiences.
Yes, all the things that the other parents complained about were true, but so was what the children said. So its just a matter of deciding how you’d view the trip. For me, I enjoyed it. My favorite part of the field trip was watching my daughter and her classmates having fun playing, exploring, and learning…and bonus I got my cardio in for the day 😉
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