And when you get home, take off your jacket, change clothes and get them washed. 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. 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.
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. If a child has an allergy attack, he or she might be crabby and irritable, but that s not an excuse. Someone with a severe case of hives who has been highly medicated may get drowsy, but in general, homework, grades and test performance need not suffer.