Ever Seen A Harness For 5 Kids?

[daycare]

I love mine. It did take awhile to figure out a good method.

we have the same kids go to the same place each and every time. This way we don't have to adjust the straps. We also have the smaller kids walk in the front with a similar size kid and the bigger kids walk in the back. Eventually they all learn to walk at the same pace.

I actually have 2 of them because I have 12 kids daily

[Blackcat31]

I just use a simple walking rope.

I'm uncomfortable actually harnessing a kid to something or someone else so we just use a regular old rope with loops (and ribbons) tied onto it. Each child hangs onto a ring. The ends are both held by an adult.

If someone trips or stumbles, it doesn't take the whole group down with them.

It is similar to this but much more "primitive"

[blandino]

I just use a simple walking rope.

I'm uncomfortable actually harnessing a kid to something or someone else so we just use a regular old rope with loops (and ribbons) tied onto it. Each child hangs onto a ring. The ends are both held by an adult.

If someone trips or stumbles, it doesn't take the whole group down with them.

It is similar to this but much more "primitive"

See I had trouble with this method, because the kids walk at different speeds. We had two very pokey turtles when we bought one. So we would have a ton of slack in some segments and some pulling others.

[daycare]

I just use a simple walking rope.

I'm uncomfortable actually harnessing a kid to something or someone else so we just use a regular old rope with loops (and ribbons) tied onto it. Each child hangs onto a ring. The ends are both held by an adult.

If someone trips or stumbles, it doesn't take the whole group down with them.

It is similar to this but much more "primitive"

I used to use this one above, until I had a child let go of it and cross the street and a child let go of it. It could have been the end of my business, so I bought this and would buy recommend it to anyone.

[Blackcat31]

See I had trouble with this method, because the kids walk at different speeds. We had two very pokey turtles when we bought one. So we would have a ton of slack in some segments and some pulling others.

Yep, I have a pokey one too. I buddy the kids up though (usually one older, one younger) so it helps keep the pace.

I used to use this one above, until I had a child let go of it and cross the street and a child let go of it. It could have been the end of my business, so I bought this and would buy recommend it to anyone.

As for a kid letting go and taking off, I haven't had that happen, thank goodness, but I do walk with 2 ADULTS at ALL times.

One in front and one behind so the kids are sandwiched in between.

[daycare]

same here, always two adults...

All that I have to say is thank god that I can run fast, because the kid lost their shoe while crossing the street and tried to go back to get it. I did not even see the shoe come off.

We were almost to the sidewalk when the child let go and went right back out into the street.

I had to let go of my end of the rope and run after the kid. The kid moved fast, thank god I moved faster......

I do still use the one that you posted if we will not be crossing the street, like just walking on a hike where no way they could get hit by a car.

[spud912]

I just use a simple walking rope.

I'm uncomfortable actually harnessing a kid to something or someone else so we just use a regular old rope with loops (and ribbons) tied onto it. Each child hangs onto a ring. The ends are both held by an adult.

If someone trips or stumbles, it doesn't take the whole group down with them.

It is similar to this but much more "primitive"

I have this exact one. I only use it long enough to get the group accustomed to my walking rules. I must be extremely strict with my walking rules because NOBODY violates the rules. If I have a runner, they go on the "leash" which is basically a rope with a velcro wrist strap on the end. It's very hard to remove. I almost always take the wagon and the two youngest sit in there. If they are prone to getting up, I put the seat belt on.

My rules are this:

• You must walk on the sidewalk
• No walking in people's yards
• No walking in the street
• You must hold my hand or the extension of my group (either someone else holding my hand or a hand on the wagon I'm pulling) to cross the street.
• No picking up things from neighbor's yards.
• You may only pick up things from the community areas and you must get permission from me first.
• Only pick flowers I designate as non-poisonous and acceptable to pick (as in, only in the community areas).
• No throwing anything.
• You must walk in my near vicinity.
• Follow acceleration/stop commands from me
• No touching dogs unless you ask the people walking them FIRST
• No running unless I give the verbal ok

I'm pretty sure I have about 10,000 other rules . It sounds like I'm really mean on my walks but in reality the kids catch onto the rules very quickly and they rarely if ever challenge me. Most of the time we talk about the plants, weather, animals, our families and upcoming events and our theme for the week. We take a lot of walks and long walks at that....the kids love to explore and find things. I'm proud to say that most of my older group can name and identify most of the common plants and which ones are poisonous.

[Hunni Bee]

I'm surprised that others have had so much trouble walking kids.

I walked up to ten kids with no rope...even though those kids had issues, I rarely had trouble on field trips, walks, etc.

I guess because I didn't spare consequences with stuff like that...they knew we would leave immediately and not go anywhere else for a long time, plus lose some privileges at daycare.

Looking back, it probably wasn't the safest idea in that world, although we never had any incidents and we walked quite often. God was with us. Before I found this forum, I was basically on my own...

[Lianne]

Want to ship it to Canada?

I'm IN Canada! Ontario, actually, . Where are you?

[Lianne]

I have this exact one. I only use it long enough to get the group accustomed to my walking rules. I must be extremely strict with my walking rules because NOBODY violates the rules. If I have a runner, they go on the "leash" which is basically a rope with a velcro wrist strap on the end. It's very hard to remove. I almost always take the wagon and the two youngest sit in there. If they are prone to getting up, I put the seat belt on.

My rules are this:

• You must walk on the sidewalk
• No walking in people's yards
• No walking in the street
• You must hold my hand or the extension of my group (either someone else holding my hand or a hand on the wagon I'm pulling) to cross the street.
• No picking up things from neighbor's yards.
• You may only pick up things from the community areas and you must get permission from me first.
• Only pick flowers I designate as non-poisonous and acceptable to pick (as in, only in the community areas).
• No throwing anything.
• You must walk in my near vicinity.
• Follow acceleration/stop commands from me
• No touching dogs unless you ask the people walking them FIRST
• No running unless I give the verbal ok

I'm pretty sure I have about 10,000 other rules . It sounds like I'm really mean on my walks but in reality the kids catch onto the rules very quickly and they rarely if ever challenge me. Most of the time we talk about the plants, weather, animals, our families and upcoming events and our theme for the week. We take a lot of walks and long walks at that....the kids love to explore and find things. I'm proud to say that most of my older group can name and identify most of the common plants and which ones are poisonous.

This is the one I have. My problem with it, as the only adult with a young group (12mos-3yrs), was that in order to lead the children I had to be in the front and that meant having my back to them unless I wanted to walk backwards the entire way. With my back to them, anything could happen. One could let go and wander, someone could snatch the kid at the end, etc. If I walked at the back so I could see the kids, they couldn't figure out how to...walk...straight. It was like herding turtles on speed.