Helpful Equipment for School Sanitization

I would personally like to thank the person who invented portable sinks and let them know how much easier they’ve made my job. I guess I should also thank my boss for buying one. I work in a daycare center. The little ones that I look after are four and five-years old. You can imagine what happens when we go outside for recess, where they’re given a food treat and some time to run around and play. Their food inevitably gets on everything: their clothes, their hands and their face. The boys are especially messy and you can only imagine what they look like after running through the play area, especially if the ground is a little wet or muddy. Our portable sink is a lifesaver during these times, because we can remove all of the food and dirt from their hands and clothes before they go back into the classroom. Before we had the portable sink, we had to use wet wipes, but that never worked very well. I just love having the sink available in the play area. It has made my job so much easier. In addition, the parents appreciate having clean kids when they go home at the end of the day.

As a daycare provider, I have had wood chips on my playground until about 5 years ago. Wood chips are very dangerous for children. Wood chips are most prevelant on swingsets and jungle gyms! However, it is important that, as adults, we keep children away from woodchips! We replaced our wood chips with turf after a incident with one of our four year olds. When reseaching more about wood chips, we found out that there are many dangers that come along with wood chips! Dangers of wood chips include: the lodging of the wood in the child mouth and chins! Also there is the ability for woodchips to get stuck in the child’s knee. Good alternatives for promoting playground safety include turf flooring, or even blacktops!