Take a Chance and Plan a Field Trip by Kathy Pendleton, Provider Specialist Child Care Connect Gate City, Virginia F amily child care providers are often hesitant to take their children on field trips. Field trips can be stressful if the provider is not prepared.
Parents are occasionally hesitant to allow their children to take field trips.
However, the benefits are enormous and the field trip experience can be wonderful for both the child and the provider. Summer is a great time to explore the world around you. Trips provide learning opportunities that cannot be duplicated in any other way. Field trips do not need to be complicated or expensive. Nor do they need to involve miles of travel.