Introducing the benefits of barefoot play for children at Arkie Early Education

There are benefits to being barefoot at a young age, as this is the time young feet are growing and developing. When children are born, their feet contain more cartilage than actual bone. Without constraints of shoes, children’s feet can develop normally strengthening the arches and preventing flat feet. Their gait patterns, balance and tolerance of touch in the feet benefit which goes towards developing fluid bodily movement.

Going barefoot also strengthens ankles and makes children’s bodies more agile and less injury prone. This is due to the fact that children learn to pay more attention to their surroundings and develop their proprioceptive sense; i.e., they know what their feet are doing without looking at them.