Don t sit on the sofa with pollen-covered clothes. Classroom Pets Furry animals such as gerbils, hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs, are wriggling balls of allergens for kids who react to animal hair. Children may already know they re allergic to cats and dogs, but they don t think about these other critters, Freas says. If the kids and parents get to vote on what pet they want, choose a reptile or fish. Those are fine in a classroom.
Kids can also monitor their own reactions.
Choose a desk on the other side of the room from the animal cage. Field Trips Allergies should not exclude any child from field trips. Freas says of the more than 90 children with allergies and asthma who attend classes at Kunsberg. We just have to know who has a problem and what to do about it. For severely allergic kids, we take their medications with us A petting zoo for small children may cause flare-ups, however, since children actually touch the animals.