You might be thinking that I am crazy, who would want to tour a grocery store? Honestly, it’s so interesting if you haven’t done it before. I would always bring nut-free chocolate for those kids who couldn’t do the tasting. Make sure to note if you have any kids with nut allergies. Often the factory will provide samples at the end of the tour. It’s so fun for kids to see how candies and chocolates are made. If you have a local chocolate factory, find out if they offer tours. This was by far one of the kid favorites. We live in a relatively large farming area and summer time usually means berry picking, which the kids love! To add the icing on the cake, you could also go back to the center and make a berry pie. One of my favorite field trips is to take them to a local farm and pick fruit or vegetables. They love to eat it but often have little to no connection to its origins. I am such a fan of teaching kids where their food comes from. Check out the watershed in your area, perhaps they will have an education center like ours does as well. They have a whole exhibit of the water cycle and they will meet and talk with a group of kids for no charge. After 6 years of camp, I quickly learned what field trips both kids and teachers would enjoy, so here we go! Planning new and exciting field trips each year was always a challenge but we managed to always add in a few new ones and keep some of the best old ones. Honestly, in case you were wondering, it was not the most cost effective way to transport kids but it was the resource that we had, so we used it! This was quite the ordeal because often it meant transporting 60-160 kids via 12 passenger vans. For our school age camp, we did 1-2 field trips each week. While on the topic of planning, there’s nothing that makes camps more fun than getting out of the center for a weekly field trip. It took me almost 4 years to officially pass off the camp planning to another team member because I loved to do it so much. I also loved the planning aspect of camps. It was a time to play, have fun, and it was much more laid back then the rest of the school year. The center that I led for 5 years ran a Preschool and After School Program throughout the school year and then in the summer, they had 6 weeks of camp. Summer Camps are such a fun time of year.
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