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By
Catherine M. Pruissen
Out
and about in all kinds of weather . . . ah the joys
of going on field trips. Here is a checklist which
might help make your neighbourhood excursions a little
safer.
- State
the ground rules. "Walk, don't run". "Hold
hands." "Stop at every street crossing."
Practice the rules with the children, "Look
to the left and then to the right." Play "red
light/ green light/ yellow light" games.
- If
you are taking a stroller, the younger or easily
diverted children can be asked to hold on to the
other children's hands.
- Let
the children know before you go on a field trip
that you return immediately if children act in an
unsafe manner. Stay calm if it happens, but don't
back down. You can always try another day and the
children will learn that you are serious about safe
behavior.
- Notify
parents of your usual neighbourhood routes and any
special field trips.
- Plan
trips based on the ages of the children.
- Plan
for rests along the way. Know where the public washrooms
are.
- Take
a compact first aid kit and your "Emergency/Consent
cards".
- Carry
a survival bag with spare clothes, finger food snacks,
beverages, Kleenex, etc.
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©
Catherine M. Pruissen
Catherine M. Pruissen is the CEO of About Child Care
Consumer Services and developer of child care online.
She has published numerous child care related literature,
including Start and
Run a Profitable Home Day Care, The
Daycare Alternative, How to Find Good Child Care,
Caregiver Aids: Business
Forms for Caregivers and Parents, Income
Tax & Record Keeping for Child Care Providers,
and a host of workshops and workbooks. She was the editor
and publisher of the bi-monthly newsletter, Parent Care,
Your Child Care News-line. Catherine was also the coordinator
and workshop facilitator for The Child Care Information
Centre in Calgary, Alberta, and ran a successful dayhome
for eight years. |
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