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Montessori. They use real dishes that have to be washed. The kids don't do a great job and they get run through a dish washer to sanitize after the kids leave but the point is to teach them to clean up after themselves. I dont think my older son has laundry but the toddler class washes sleep mats and rags for cleaning. We are talking about moving a laundry basket from the class to the laundry room, not pressing and steaming clothes
Given the size of many, if not most schools, it isn't practical to have the kids clean. Our local middle school has 5 different lunches sessions. That's a lot of trash. And, when exactly are they going to do this? After school? Take time away from instruction?
What works for very small districts, or private schools, would not work for the majority. And yes, I'd have a problem with kids handling cleaning supplies.
I can guarantee that Japanese kids have FAR more instruction, and far less time, than American kids.
But you are proving the point of why it won't work in the US beautifully.
What kind of school is this, that they use dishes and have laundry? Putting their toys away is the norm, and also clearing away their lunch trash, but laundry?
Preschools and day cares launder cloth toys, dress up clothes, and sheets. I guarantee you the kids are not supposed to touch other kid's sheets. Would you want a snotty kid touching your kid's clean sheet, or your kid touching another kid's dirty sheet? I wouldn't, and there are regulations in place meant to prevent disease transmission as much as possible.
I can guarantee that Japanese kids have FAR more instruction, and far less time, than American kids.
But you are proving the point of why it won't work in the US beautifully.
I detect some snark in your answer. Japanese students attend school 60 more days per year than the US. Of course they have FAR more instruction. But I posted a link from a parent in Japan who said the schools were not clean, at least by our standards. So really, it's a "feel good" effort. I'd much rather have paid employees making certain the job is done right, and let parents see to teaching their kids the art of cleanliness.
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Originally Posted by Kibbiekat
Preschools and day cares launder cloth toys, dress up clothes, and sheets. I guarantee you the kids are not supposed to touch other kid's sheets. Would you want a snotty kid touching your kid's clean sheet, or your kid touching another kid's dirty sheet? I wouldn't, and there are regulations in place meant to prevent disease transmission as much as possible.
Sheets? My kids never had sheets in nursery school, so I guess you are referring to day care? We had nap mats, that came home occasionally to be washed. And nursery school was 3 hours. Any toy cleaning was after hours. I have no experience with day care centers, but the poster I was responding to specified school.
I detect some snark in your answer. Japanese students attend school 60 more days per year than the US. Of course they have FAR more instruction. But I posted a link from a parent in Japan who said the schools were not clean, at least by our standards. So really, it's a "feel good" effort. I'd much rather have paid employees making certain the job is done right, and let parents see to teaching their kids the art of cleanliness.
Sheets? My kids never had sheets in nursery school, so I guess you are referring to day care? We had nap mats, that came home occasionally to be washed. And nursery school was 3 hours. Any toy cleaning was after hours. I have no experience with day care centers, but the poster I was responding to specified school.
They have mats or cots that stay at school and either the kids bring their own sheets and take them home each week, or the school provides them and washes them each week. IME it is the same for any place where they stay for 4 or more hours in a day, and naps are required.
Yes, he said his 2 year old is cleaning. I'm sure the purpose it to teach a lesson, not get the school clean. That can't be compared to the OP about students doing janitorial work. I'd be surprised if it is even as much as that poster made it out to be. The laundry is usually in a room with the water heater, or janitorial sink and chemical storage. The kids wouldn't even be allowed in there. The chemicals used to clean tables are very specific and have to be mixed so as not to be too weak to kill germs, or too strong to be a poisoning danger. There is no way his 2 year old is actually cleaning anything. If she is, the school would be in big trouble.
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