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At our kids' childcare, all the staff plus kids 5 and older wear masks. It's small and mostly outdoors, so it's been working well! My kinder kiddo will be going too...fingers crossed!

Kiddos entering kindergarten and older are required to wear a mask as they are required to wear one at school (the center's rule, not the state's). My understanding is that it is counterproductive to constantly be adjusting/putting back on masks of kids too little to put the mask on by themselves but old enough to take it off by themselves. Teachers touching everyone's masks kind of renders the masks useless.

@Becky: We're in NJ. Masks are recommended for kids at day care but not required. My kids (5 and 7) have been at our day care all summer for camp and I made sure their teachers knew I wanted them wearing masks all day (other than eating or outside time). At the beginning of the summer there were other kids wearing them but I've seen most of that drop off. They claim they are the only ones wearing them all day now, but they're fine with it and don't complain.

The city I live in 2+ are supposed to wear masks in indoor public places but not daycares and in schools not until grade 4.

If my kids had to wear masks all day I wouldn’t be sending them to daycare or school.

@Becky: Yes the line between daycare and school makes no sense. My son is also four and his preschool requires makes on kids but his old daycare - which he could still be enrolled in for another year - does not.

@Becky: We're in NYC, and my daughter's preschool will require masks for everyone (all the kids are 2+) all day except while they're eating. I'm glad about it. My kids are used to wearing masks by now - they're in them whenever we're outside, including when they're running around playing in the park, so they have pretty good tolerance for long mask-wearing.

My kids are actually switching to a new school soon (not related to masks, haha, it's so they can be at the same daycare). My son is the only one of my kids old enough to wear a mask. His current daycare, which has been open the whole time, asked us to bring a mask to keep at school, but they haven't been required to wear them all day. However, the school just sent out an email last week that said they plan to try to encourage the kids to wear them more. A couple times that I've picked up my son he's been wearing his. He doesn't really seem to mind much. The staff wear masks, and parents are required to for drop off and pick up.

At their new school, staff will wear masks and face shields, I believe. And parents and kids are supposed to wear masks during drop off and pick up, but the kids will not have to wear them in classrooms.

I live in the northeast, masks are required for preschool age classes at my LO's daycare, so roughly age 3 and up. I haven't heard any major issues with compliance - they get mask breaks for socially distanced meals/snacks and outdoor time.

My kiddo is an oddball and LOVES wearing her masks. We actually have to beg her to take them off when she gets home.