Book Guide: Where Are Daddy's Shoes?
Boots, sneakers or high heels?
Dad has different shoes for different occasions. A fun book with hide-and-seek games that broadens norms for how dads can be and who can wear which shoes.
Questions about losing things
In the book, the father can't find his shoes. Have you ever lost something? How did it feel? What happened?
The child helps the father find his shoes. Have you helped anyone with anything? What happened then? How did it feel?
The child fools around with the father in the book. What do you think the father thinks about it? Have you ever fooled around? What happened then? Are there good and less good pranks? Which pranks are not so good?
Questions about shoes
In the book, the father has different shoes and clothes for different occasions. Do you wear different clothes on different occasions? What's good about it?
Exercise! Try different shoes. Lay out a pile of different shoes: boots, gym shoes, heels, platform shoes, flip-flops, big and small shoes. Let the children try on the shoes and watch each other as you walk in the different shoes. Do you walk in different ways depending on which shoes you wear? what is good and fun about the different shoes?
About dress
Kaftan, sarong, kilt, alba, thawb, kandura, dhoti, kolt - dear child has many names. In different cultures women and men wear dress. In the past, both boys and girls wore kolt, a dress-like garment for children. The dress is a garment that evokes emotions, whether it is girls, boys or trans people who wear it. Some are afraid that boys who like dresses will become gay. Dress as a garment has nothing to do with expected sexuality. Not all homosexual men wear dresses in the same way that not all heterosexual women wear dresses. It varies which clothes we like. Preschool should be a place where all children should feel safe and have the opportunity to explore and develop their identity in both big and small ways, and of course all children who want to try on skirts and dresses.
