As some children head back to school for the first time since COVID-19 struck, maintaining social distance is a critical safety measure. To help protect students and teachers alike from unnecessary contact, consider VELCRO closure shoes (or slip-on styles) for kids who are not yet able to tie their own laces. The following children's shoes hold the APMA Seal of Acceptance for promoting good foot health and are available with VELCRO closure or in slip-on style.

• Bobux—Soft Soles, Explorer, Step Up, iWalk, and Kid+ collections
• Falc—Naturino Cocoon (most styles)
• Livie & Luca—Baby, Trac, Honeycomb collections
• Robeez—Mini Shoez and First Kicks collections
• Momo Baby—Momo Baby Leather Shoes with Flexible Rubber Sole, Momo Baby Leather Sneakers with Flexible Rubber Sole, and Kimi+Kai Soft Leather Shoes (select styles)  
• Pediped—Original, Grip N Go, Flex collections
• Saucony Kids—All styles
• See Kai Run—All styles
• Sewell Development—All Ikiki styles
• Stride Rite—Made2Play, Soft Motion, Prewalker, SRT, Stride Rite 360, Surprize collections
• Wolverine Kids/Keds Kids—Courtney HL, Daphne, Kickstart Core and Kickstart Core Jr. (select styles)
• Baubles and Soles—Kaia Shoes with Twist Lock (slip-ons)  
• Atventure Brand Group, LLC—Hipfox Prewalker Shoes (available exclusively on Amazon)

To learn more about healthy footwear for kids, read our tips.