1. Scenario #1
 What are ways to get the
children’s attention when it is
time to change activity?
 Example: Looking under a log at
crawly creatures, some children
are done and others are still
working.

2. Scenario #2
 How can we calm a group that
won’t listen?
 Example: You looked at some
scat on the trail and some
children pushing and shoving.

3. Scenario #3
How can you get the
chaperone’s help?

4. Scenario #4
 Johnny is eager to lead and goes
too far down the trail, how do we
set boundaries?

5. Scenario #5
 Someone is crying, you assess the
situation for safety and find
 Two children arguing about being first.
 One child grabbed an object that was
being passed around

6. Scenario #6
 You ask a question about the
color of a tree?
 The children don’t have an
answer?

7. Working with
the young ones
Kids are eager learners
Children like repetition
Youngsters like a short song
Give them a hug with a puppet friend
Discover things at their level
Redirect kid’s attention to something new

8. Adults on task
 Speak to adults early about encouraging
children
 Ask adults politely to be helpers with the
children
 Give the adult something to hold,
laminated sheet, check list
 Please silence your phone

9. Chaperones
 Enlist chaperones to help us have an
enjoyable time
 Repeat if adults are distracted
 Say, I need your help!
 Answer adult questions and redirect to the
children’s activity

10. Open-ended question can be
answered by young children
 Simple tasks.
 One direction at a time.
 Which footprint is big? This one or that
one?
 Help me count the petals.
 Let’s find a place for our animal to live
(puppet or picture)

11. Someone is crying
 help the child feel safe.
 Could you sit near teacher, adult
 Ask the other youngster to say I’m sorry.
 Ask a child if he/she is OK
 Move on to a puppet or fun activity

12. Push & Shove
 Redirect children with some activity such
as looking under log
 Redirect children to take turns
 Take childs hand and redirect his behavior
to a task on trail

13. Experience First
Wonder Experience
What we learned Practice

14. Giving directions
 Get their attention, Can you hear Miss Pat
(name)?
 Young children can do one thing at a time
 Enlist the adults to observe and help with
task
 Focus children’s search with a meeting
place.

15. Plan the Hike
 Three ideas is all I can remember
 Use objects to focus
 Senses
 Pictures and puppets
 Whole ideas not parts

16. Looking at gross things
 Show objects along
Consider that children
with pictures can be too young for
 You only get close if some things.
you want to SCAT
 SCAT helps us learn Skull
about where animals
pelts
have been
owl Pellets
 Remain cheerful and
matter of fact if
someone is fearful
 Move on to another
activity