DD just started kindergarten this week. I asked her about hand washing at lunch. She said they just come around a squirt stuff in their hands. They have a sink in the classroom, why don't they just use it?
I am thinking about sending her with a natural hand sanitizer, but after doing research, online, the sites all say it has to contain 60% alcohol to be effective.
Does anyone have some info? I do not want to create super bugs, or introduce carcinogens to her body. I did look at the skin deep site, and the commercial ones they use in schools are pretty nasty.
They don't use the sink because getting 20 or so kids through to wash their hands at one sink all at the same time takes a long time. That's normally the reason, at least.
I haven't asked my kids what they do. I'll ask today when they get home.
I was told yesterday from Cadens preK teacher that there are new guidelines about handwashing... she says she will NOT be using hand sanitizer on the kids and instead she was told, I believe even said new gov regulations? but could be just for the school.. to use the sink in the classroom and wash hands and then she is suppose to squirt bleach and clean sink after each child -- she openly admitted to probably failing in that part, because it would take so much longer seems like overkill ... to clean after each child washes their hands ...
She personally doesn't like hand sanitizer, she says she will use it on herself in the classroom, but she isn't asking it of the kids.
It is the same for my kids. They have always had a sink in their classrooms & are encouraged to wash their hands after each bathroom use. But at lunchtime, the teachers have always gone around & given them an antibacterial wipe or hand santizer.
I would send my own homemade one. I don't think I have the recipe anymore, but I googled homemade hand sanitizer and made a number of our own a few years ago. I think I only have a partial one left.
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It is on our kindergarten supply list as well as Clorox wipes. I am going to ask the teacher about it next week...school hasn't started here yet. I really don't allow Ameena to use hand sanitizer often, and Clorox wipes always make me break out if I don't wear gloves. If the clorox wipes are for the teachers to use that is fine, but Ameena is not allowed to use them.
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It is on our kindergarten supply list as well as Clorox wipes. I am going to ask the teacher about it next week...school hasn't started here yet. I really don't allow Ameena to use hand sanitizer often, and Clorox wipes always make me break out if I don't wear gloves. If the clorox wipes are for the teachers to use that is fine, but Ameena is not allowed to use them.
I told our school the same thing. Clorox and Lysol wipes contain noxious chemicals and are clearly labeled KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. I said I'd provider a squirt bottle of a natural based cleaner and a roll of paper towels if they'd like my kids to particpate in keeping the classroom clean. I'm sure I sounded like a real wacko, but really, what the hell are they thinking?
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Mama to Kaia (8yo) and Rowan (7yo)
and Douglas (4yo)
I told our school the same thing. Clorox and Lysol wipes contain noxious chemicals and are clearly labeled KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. I said I'd provider a squirt bottle of a natural based cleaner and a roll of paper towels if they'd like my kids to particpate in keeping the classroom clean. I'm sure I sounded like a real wacko, but really, what the hell are they thinking?
I will probably come off the same way, but I would provide something that I would consider a safer alternative and require that Ameena wear gloves if she is to clean at all...I would provide gloves as well.
Yeah, I'm going to tell my DD she is free to tell her teacher that I don't allow them to use the clorox cleaners. DD hates using them and honestly, I never thought to tell the teacher she can't.
running water at the sink and having them get in line and wash does not take too much time.
That's how we did it when I was a kid! We had 32 students per class back then! You just build it into the schedule and close the books a few minutes earlier than the break to allow it.
In my dd's kindergarten class they wash their hands. In fact they had dd wash her hands first thing this morning. I know they also use Purell hand sanitizer as needed.
Her teacher also requested Clorox wipes, but these are for the teacher to use to clean up messes. The kids do not touch the cleaners.
It is on our kindergarten supply list as well as Clorox wipes. I am going to ask the teacher about it next week...school hasn't started here yet. I really don't allow Ameena to use hand sanitizer often, and Clorox wipes always make me break out if I don't wear gloves. If the clorox wipes are for the teachers to use that is fine, but Ameena is not allowed to use them.
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Originally Posted by Shelly
I told our school the same thing. Clorox and Lysol wipes contain noxious chemicals and are clearly labeled KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. I said I'd provider a squirt bottle of a natural based cleaner and a roll of paper towels if they'd like my kids to particpate in keeping the classroom clean. I'm sure I sounded like a real wacko, but really, what the hell are they thinking?
I absolutely will NOT buy those wipes for my kids' schools/classes. Sorry. not happening. It's an adult choice to use them AWAY from kids, it's another to subject kids to the chemicals.
I will offer to send in baby wipes or dr. bronners + paper towels.
Regarding disinfecting wipes, I've read that they disinfect the first surface they touch, but then transfer the germs to the next surface. So to really sanitize, you would have to use a separate wipe for each thing you try to clean--not only a lot of chemical exposure, but also a lot of garbage generated.
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