Moms of Elementary Age Kids

[pagas]

How many field trips does your kid go on per year?

My first grader has 6 from the start of school until X-mas break.  It feels like a lot, but I have no frame of reference.

[gummybear]

One

[1confused1]

My first grader will go on about 4 I think.

I'm not sure about my 3rd grader, back to school night is this week.

[lovelyshoes]

One.

[styme46]

Dd only had like 2 last year (4th grade) but already has like 4 or 5 that we know of this year.

[revolution]

One - in the spring

[Deleted]

Two

[formerlyak]

In first grade, I think if you include the walking field trip to do a picnic at the local park at the end of the year, they did 5.

[aussiecrush]

Two, one before Xmas break and one in the Spring.

[karmasabiotch]

Last year was 2. The library and the High School to see the kids play that the drama group performed.

[madringal]

3-4

[litebright]

One.

[bella427]

DD is in 2nd grade and so far she's had 1 field trip per semester.

[stephm0188]

3 in second grade, one in first.

[themysteriouswife]

Public schools are more limited on their use of buses. The trips have to be affordable to each student. That gives the school less options for trips. We have to pay an amount to cover the bus and driver cost. I think it was $15 per student plus the trip itself.

Last year she went on three with her normal class. She went on two with her gifted class and we had to provide transportation.

This year it will be one in the first half and one in the second half.

[illgetthere]

2 or 3 depending on the size. They are doing 2 this year in 5th grade. One is to a 2 night camp as a science thing, and 1 is to the aquarium 1 state away. Last year had 1 big trip and 1 small one; previous years had 3 small ones

[cville]

2 per semester, public school.

[cinco]

1st: 2 (planetarium, science lab)
2nd-5th: 3 (planetarium, science lab, 2nd is Children's village, 3rd is Baltimore, and I'm not sure on 4. 5th graders get a week at outdoor camp. Overnight! Those brave teachers)

[Dumbledork]

2. One in the winter, one in the spring.

I wish they did at least one a month, but I know that would never happen here.

[Dezi]

2 or 3 in 1st grade. 6 in 3rd grade.

[somersault72]

Kindergarten and 1st grade he had one field trip a year. I think there might be 2 or 3 in second grade though (I know our school sends second graders to children's theatre productions).

[readyin07]

I want to be her lol! Where to? 1st grade and one (just to our school's environmental center//the beach) possibly a second if she gets a grant.

[mrssandro]

Two

Zoo in Feb

And the End of the Year Kindergarten Graduation replacement of going to a Splash park or something.

[oliveyou]

1-2 per school year

[nannersp]

1, I think.

[shamrockshake]

in K they have a lot more than the other grades, and I don't think there's 6 for the whole year. The other classes have 2. We haven't gotten the schedule for this year yet though so I can't say for certain it will be the same

[Deleted]

Maybe 5-6 total per year

[wannabe]

i think we have three this year - 2nd grade.

when she was in kindergarten there were about six total field trips for the year.

[ginger]

I don't know of any scheduled yet.

[snowflurry]

0 in K, 1 in 1st, 0 in 2nd