What Do You Require For Summer?

[thecrazyisout]

Spring has arrived! Soon kids will be playing outside and getting dirty! What items do you required your parents to supply in the summer (Swim suits, extra clothing..etc.)

Thanks

[SilverSabre25]

Swimsuit
2 sets of extra clothing
Sun screen (if they want it used)

I think that's it...

I provide towels to dry off and reusable swim diapers for those who need them.

[youretooloud]

Flip flops, or easy to put on shoes.

Bathing suits, or swim diapers.

Some bring me sunscreen, but I've never asked for it.

It's too hot to go outside very often, so in the summer, we are inside 90% of the time... when we Do go out, we go out for a short time.

[SimpleMom]

swim suits, towels, water bottles, tennis shoes, extra clothing (all year), sunscreen and bugspray (only if they want me to use it). I send suits home daily as well as towels.

[childcarebytori]

I require all of my kids to have a swimsuit, a pair of water shoes (we have pea rocks in the backyard where we have our sprinklers, so they need shoes they can safely play in), a sunhat, sunscreen with an SPF of at least 50, and swim diapers for non-potty goers. We start our water-play in April every year so the children needs these by then. Most parents bring child sunglasses for fun for the kids, but I don't require them.

[Blackcat31]

Swim suit
Towel
Extra clothing (seasonally appropriate)
A good pair of running/walking shoes (NO Crocs or flip flops/sandals)
Sun screen (if they want me to use it)
Bug spray (if they want me to use it)
Light jacket to be left in cubby
Hat/sunglasses if they want their kid to use them.

[youretooloud]

A good pair of running/walking shoes (NO Crocs or flip flops/sandals)

Isn't that funny? I require the opposite. I am SOOO done with running shoes and socks. I think God created crocs just to make my life better in the summers.

[Blackcat31]

Isn't that funny? I require the opposite. I am SOOO done with running shoes and socks. I think God created crocs just to make my life better in the summers.

Oh, they can wear Crocs or sandals to daycare but I am sooo sick of skinned knees/toes and kids tripping during our walks and such that I require the good tennis shoes so that we don't have that problem anymore.

I am all for easy and quick too but when it comes to running, I can't imagine doing that safely in a pair of Crocs or flip-flops when the coordination level isn't at 100% yet...kwim?

I also do NOT allow bare feet in my daycare house...I have a weird thing about feet...they are so gross so they need to have socks on indoors. Keeps the "ick" factor down.

[youretooloud]

Oh, they can wear Crocs or sandals to daycare but I am sooo sick of skinned knees/toes and kids tripping during our walks and such that I require the good tennis shoes so that we don't have that problem anymore.

I am all for easy and quick too but when it comes to running, I can't imagine doing that safely in a pair of Crocs or flip-flops when the coordination level isn't at 100% yet...kwim?

I also do NOT allow bare feet in my daycare house...I have a weird thing about feet...they are so gross so they need to have socks on indoors. Keeps the "ick" factor down.

We just stay inside all summer, and there's absolutely nowhere to go here anyway. I live in a neighborhood with only sidewalks, streets and homes. The park is two long blocks away, which is fine in the winter or spring.

So, I think that's why I love the crocs and flip flops in the summer.

What I don't understand are the parents who send kids over in those plastic dress up high heels. WTH? Now we can't go anywhere, and I'm not letting the child clomp around my floors in those things. Backup shoes??? Why can't the parents think of backup shoes?

[Blackcat31]

We just stay inside all summer, and there's absolutely nowhere to go here anyway. I live in a neighborhood with only sidewalks, streets and homes. The park is two long blocks away, which is fine in the winter or spring.

So, I think that's why I love the crocs and flip flops in the summer.

What I don't understand are the parents who send kids over in those plastic dress up high heels. WTH? Now we can't go anywhere, and I'm not letting the child clomp around my floors in those things. Backup shoes??? Why can't the parents think of backup shoes?

:::: I have several of those and know who wears them here?!?!? The boys!!!! ::::

The good sturdy tennis shoes I ask the kids to have are actually required to stay in their cubbies all summer so I KNOW we have them when we need them....too many parents just bring their kids in dumb shoes and it always ****s when one parent forgets the good ones and then ALL the kids have to stay in. .

Where I live; those few months of summer weather are precious and few.... (I laughed when you said, "We just stay inside all summer" but considering where you live...I get that.) In MN, we LIVE for summer!!! No one lives here because they like the winters....we just deal with them.....::

[dEHmom]

this is my list, it's also in my handbook:

-sunscreen (I offer to purchase for a fee, advise parents my brand I buy, if they prefer different, then they buy)
-sunhat
-swim suit
-rubber boots
-sandals
-runners
-slush pants/jacket
-2 extra shorts, 1-2 extra pants, 2 extra shirts


I DO NOT allow sunglasses, they get lost, broken or fighting happens. They are not allowed anymore.

[snbauser]

Extra clothes are required year round.

In the summer a swimsuit and towel are required and are left here. Both should be labeled with the childs name. I wash them and put them back into their cubbies after we use them. I find this easier than having them try to remember to bring them when we want to do water play. It also means I can decide that morning if we are playing in the water or not. I do not require sunscreen unless they want to provide their own. I provide hats and sunscreen for all of the kids. It's easier to use the same sunscreen on all of them instead of having 12 different bottles. I provide the hats and we decorate them at the beginning of the summer and they stay here. It's easier to get the fair skinned ones to wear them if everyone is wearing them.

[nannyde]

I provide everything they need. I just have them reup their spare clothes bag for the season.

[thecrazyisout]

I provide everything they need. I just have them reup their spare clothes bag for the season.

I was actually thinking about doing this. I saw that you provide all winter stuff as well. To me, it makes sense in the way that you are not struggling to make sure everyone has their things and especially in the winter when one child forgets their mittens and such.

[melskids]

i provide everything too. if parents bring what the kids need, that's fine. but i dont rely on it. so i always make sure i have back up on hand.