Does anyone have any ideas how we can stop the children on the hard floor before they reach the carpet with muddy shoes? When we are walking in from the playground, I always remind them to take their shoes off as soon as they get to the door. I remind them again as soon as the first one reaches the door, but somehow there's always 2-3 or more who go in and run all over the carpet before I catch them and remind them to take their shoes off (then they run around some more to find just the right spot to sit down to take them off), leaving lots of muddy footprints all over. It's not on purpose, I'm pretty sure. I don't see any defiance on their face or anything. They just aren't understanding what I mean, I guess. I have specifically told them to take shoes off before they get on the carpet, but how can I make it clearer what I mean? These children are 3 1/2 -5 years old, but it's usually the 3 1/2 yr olds who forget and keep running. What, specifically, can I say to make it clear?
It's not really even an entry way, since it's the same length of the room. There's about 3 foot of hard floor width-wise (door to carpet) and then more than 12 foot length wise (door to wall). The rest of the room is carpet, so when I stand at the edge of hard floor to stop them, there's plenty of room for them to walk around. Also, we don't have a porch or anything, so I can't have them take their shoes off outside, or their socks would get really dirty or wet. Not a major deal, but it would be nice to have some ideas so the carpet doesn't need shampooed as often For those of you with several children, how do you get their shoes off before they get everything muddy?
It's not really even an entry way, since it's the same length of the room. There's about 3 foot of hard floor width-wise (door to carpet) and then more than 12 foot length wise (door to wall). The rest of the room is carpet, so when I stand at the edge of hard floor to stop them, there's plenty of room for them to walk around. Also, we don't have a porch or anything, so I can't have them take their shoes off outside, or their socks would get really dirty or wet. Not a major deal, but it would be nice to have some ideas so the carpet doesn't need shampooed as often For those of you with several children, how do you get their shoes off before they get everything muddy?
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