I'm not sure where your competition is, but ours are always free and open to the public. The judgings are closed; but the robot rounds worth the watching! My kids' parents usually like to stay and watch. It is often helpful to have someone around when you have kids - especially younger kids - in an open environment. Plus, the competitions are generally pretty laid-back. MY kids usually have a fair amount of free time on their hands. They usually spend it checking out other teams, roaming, and playing together. The competition that we frequent has a huge tree out front. My kids take the opportunity every year to climb that tree and play around/near it when they are on breaks! I generally require a buddy system so that no kid is left alone and unaccounted for. Your mileage may vary! On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 2:36 PM Robin Cole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I've got a first year team that's competing next weekend. I'm trying to > get a better feel for the logistics of tournament day. Do kids usually have > at least one parent per kid hang out the whole day? It looks like the > actual competitions are fairly closed, so parents won't be able to watch > much. I guess it's more a question of whether my fellow coach and I want to > be responsible for wrangling the team by ourselves all day. What do other > people do? Thanks. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via > VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to > subscribe. > -- Shari Robinson Head Coach Lord of the Bricks Robotics FIRST Tech Challenge Team 7039 FIRST Lego League Team 9076 Jr. FIRST Lego League Team 933 SolidWorks Engineering's May 2016 Women in Engineering spotlight honoree! <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__blogs.solidworks.com_swcommunity_2016_05_solidworks-2Dwomen-2Dengineering-2Dseries-2Dshari-2Drobinson.html&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=bicTbLm7MXOVhHobWeCmUpe4fL8mVk_J2QjN9JdY8vA&s=9Qy_U5X6dkX2-fadzAxfoTtwG-yx96TWGnYivDbfsuI&e=> RichTech 2017 Finalist - Innovation in Education Award lordofthebricks.wildapricot.org lordofthebricks.webs.com Facebook: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_lordofthebricksftc&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=bicTbLm7MXOVhHobWeCmUpe4fL8mVk_J2QjN9JdY8vA&s=R7cBMwUY9pVmQ6AepLs7T7OiAx6Uz9TQrTSLW0SJqFQ&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_LordoftheBricksFLL&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=bicTbLm7MXOVhHobWeCmUpe4fL8mVk_J2QjN9JdY8vA&s=rIZ-h1Fhsa38CQ3qmU4Rr4NI5rfb_t8XBxDGK8RGbCs&e= Twitter: @LordoftheBricks YouTube: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_channel_UCr83o3A2-5F-5FpfcSRZg5z7zfw&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=bicTbLm7MXOVhHobWeCmUpe4fL8mVk_J2QjN9JdY8vA&s=L-VJVptwmL1guYgoSYM1LSYMsMvQ3YbWHMJEwfms7k0&e= Homeschool Resources Group PO Box 1701 Mechanicsville, VA 23116 804-410-4474 www.HomeschoolResourcesGroup.org Facebook: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_HomeschoolResourcesGroup&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=k6Oa5GxfBPFMgGjb2r5QIoEOeBZs9xbNIpA0kLw_kFQ&m=bicTbLm7MXOVhHobWeCmUpe4fL8mVk_J2QjN9JdY8vA&s=YGYWTiip460sBFXS7-5w8qyHahX3_Rpk1JIpgcvb3I0&e= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.