Kids in K class are not allowed to take shoes off during nap/rest time in case of emergency ???

[Anonymous]

I was surprised at first, but got used to it after sending my kids to daycare/preschool. I'm from a country where people take off shoes in a house and when you stand on a chair or table, etc.?I learned to work out the cultural differences. The only problem is.. when I go visit my country, I act differently and my mother yells at me.

[Anonymous]

we don't wear shoes in the house either, and we're not from any tradition where that's typical. (hippies, maybe? LOL) So it's a hard adjustment for the kids. Even in middle school they wish they could take off their shoes. The oldest only wears super bendy type sneakers.

[Anonymous]

My DD's daycare doesn't allow shoes to be worn indoors (unless they are kept there) in order to cut down on germs.

I work at a preschool and we will be adopting this model shortly. Children play on the floor all day--do you want them touching what's been on the bottom of everybody's shoes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD's daycare doesn't allow shoes to be worn indoors (unless they are kept there) in order to cut down on germs.

I work at a preschool and we will be adopting this model shortly. Children play on the floor all day--do you want them touching what's been on the bottom of everybody's shoes?

I would add that having individual flip-flops with non-skid surfaces outside the room for the kids, allows them to go to bathrooms without having to don shoes. The bathroom floors turn yucky and nasty very quickly in these places.

[Anonymous]

You might try talking to the director if this bothers you. I was at my daughter's school when her kindergarten class was having a party in another classroom and the fire alarm went off. All the kids had to go outside without their coats in below freezing weather for about 30 minutes. It was horrible, but they didn't implement a policy making the children take their coats with them at all times. Maybe your school had a similar experience and overreacted. Or maybe they just don't want to put on all those shoes.

[Anonymous]

Is this a MD public school, or private? I'm sorry, I'm just confused by the OP and what forum this is in.

[Anonymous]

MCPS doesn't have nap time. You should post this in the private school thread and label it a first world problem.

[Anonymous]

I work at a daycare center. Children keep their shoes on during nap time. This comes from licensing. In case of an emergency, where we need to evacuate, we are not to grab anything but the children. No shoes, no jacket, no hats. If we have to evacuate off site, by foot, anything can be on the ground from glass, rocks, mud, snow, etc. The children are not uncomfortable with taking a nap with shoes on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case there is a fire you want to get every child out ASAP!

As someone who has experienced both a school fire before, I know for a fact that during a life and death crisis no one has time to place shoes on 20 plus children. Do you want your child standing outside without shoes on in the snow while we wait for the fire or police department to come?

If there was a fire in your house in the middle of the night would everyone stop to put their shoes on? Your logic doesn't work.

If there was a fire in my house, in the middle of the night, I have enough arms that I could scoop up all of my kids and hold them out of the snow. I have neighbors who would take us in immediately, and I have a car we could climb in.

When there's an emergency at a school, a fire, or an unexpected drill (e.g. smoke detector malfunction, or kid pulling an alarm, something that has happened at least once every school year I've taught), you're outside, for a long time, with kids standing in rows. Totally different circumstance, requiring different responses.

[Anonymous]

When my son was in preschool a couple years ago, the earthquake happened during nap time and thy had to evacuate...on the second day of school! I'm glad thy napped with their shoes on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you imagine the K teachers having to assist ALL the kids putting their shoes back on every day? Forget emergency, that would be a huge time suck every day.
If you kid does have athlete's foot, I don't think the airing out is going to help. Ask you pediatrician about it. Perhaps you can just put some powder in his shoes as a preventative measure.

This OP. You're making a big deal of nothing.

(My kid has always napped in shoes-- both day care and preschool too.)

[Anonymous]

Since when does K have nap time?

My kids went to private K - no naps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case there is a fire you want to get every child out ASAP!

As someone who has experienced both a school fire before, I know for a fact that during a life and death crisis no one has time to place shoes on 20 plus children. Do you want your child standing outside without shoes on in the snow while we wait for the fire or police department to come?

If there was a fire in your house in the middle of the night would everyone stop to put their shoes on? Your logic doesn't work.

If there was a fire in my house, in the middle of the night, I have enough arms that I could scoop up all of my kids and hold them out of the snow. I have neighbors who would take us in immediately, and I have a car we could climb in.

When there's an emergency at a school, a fire, or an unexpected drill (e.g. smoke detector malfunction, or kid pulling an alarm, something that has happened at least once every school year I've taught), you're outside, for a long time, with kids standing in rows. Totally different circumstance, requiring different responses.

+1

[Anonymous]

Montessori schools keep indoor shoes (slipper type) and outdoor shoes. In an emergency, wearing their indoor shoes outdoor would be sufficient.

[Anonymous]

My DD was in an in-home daycare when she was an infant. She would nap in her shoes. I thought it was odd, but it didn't seem to bother her. I never questioned it, but figured it had to do with codes and regulations. Or maybe it had to do with all the time it takes to put on shoes after nap time.