Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 3/9/2006 11:01:00 PM Author: Narelle Subject: shoes! the floor in my toddler room is swept three times and mopped twice a day! and is perfectly sanitary for bare feet! and clothed bottoms ( i do have a rule that they must sit at the table to eat and drink) It is proven fact that children are sicker now than they were 2 decades ago... why because everything is disinfected so much that their little bodys dont know how to deal with germs the children in my room have always been barefoot for the bulk of the day - only when it is cold (which is all of 8 weeks in a year in QLD Australia)do i leave shoes on them all day - the germs they might carry on their shoes is no different to the germs that could be on their feet. Plus i too think it is much safer for the children to climb with bare feet. the soles on most shoes are far to slipery to risk their little arms and legs on. Name: Email: Subject

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