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: 4/19/2006 2:03:00 PM Author: Suzanne Subject: No Shoes!!! I have two boys and They love going barefoot! I think it's fabulous when a preschool allows that. I don't think going barefoot is going to cause more germs to be spread than they already are, but for those Germ phobia parents - my sons school has the children take their shoes off at the door and they put on "surf/water" shoes. The soles are soft to encourage more muscle strength, but they do protect the feet. Doctors tell us to let our children go barefoot as often as possible because the soles of childrens shoes are so rigid. I'm really surprised by this debate - I would love for my child to have a teacher that is willing to get dirty and interact with him, especially since I'm not able to most of the time. A preschool should absolutely be clean, but would you prefer that she would be more woried about apearances than caring and interacting with your child? Name: Email: Subject

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