Anonymous
08/25/2024 08:39
Subject: What happens if your kid doesn't go to outdoor ed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sometimes it's good for kids to be pushed past their comfort zone.
Not if they are typically the butt of jokes and one who always gets teased. I've been encouraging, but I won't force her to go.
Why is she the butt of jokes/why does she get teased and more importantly, what are you doing to help her break out of this cycle
Nothing.
She is not the problem.
Anonymous
08/24/2024 16:44
Subject: What happens if your kid doesn't go to outdoor ed?
Anonymous wrote:Yes reviving this very old post. What did last year's parents do if your kid didn't end up going to Outdoor Ed?
I’m a 6th grade teacher. Students who didn’t go to outdoor Ed last year came to school that week. Thursday and Friday, they sat through the exact same lessons they had Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday (switch day), they were assigned independent work in the Media Center.
Anonymous
08/24/2024 15:08
Subject: What happens if your kid doesn't go to outdoor ed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sometimes it's good for kids to be pushed past their comfort zone.
Not if they are typically the butt of jokes and one who always gets teased. I've been encouraging, but I won't force her to go.
I'm the one that posted about comfort zone. When I was in 6th grade (fcps) we did a one day trip to hemlock overlook park. My older brothers class did overnights there, but it was cut by the time it was my turn. I was thinking about that day when I posted. I was a heavy kid, poor with bad clothes. I had one friend, but we weren't paired on the bus together so I didn't see her all day. I thought I would be miserable, but I wasn't. It was really nice being outdoors all day, and we did a zip line thing that I was terrified to do, but I did anyway, and even kids that generally never talked to me cheered me on. I have such strong memories of that trip and so few memories of my day to day classroom stuff.
Obviously you know your child best, but what if she gets bunked with someone she has never met and becomes best friends? What if her counselor takes her under her wing and becomes a good mentor. You just never know how something may turn out. It's 2 nights? What's the worse that could happen?
I was this kid, too, and had a similar experience at an overnight outdoor program like this in 5th grade. You may be surprised.
Anonymous
08/24/2024 15:05
Subject: What happens if your kid doesn't go to outdoor ed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sometimes it's good for kids to be pushed past their comfort zone.
Not if they are typically the butt of jokes and one who always gets teased. I've been encouraging, but I won't force her to go.
Why is she the butt of jokes/why does she get teased and more importantly, what are you doing to help her break out of this cycle?