“Oomis-despite what ppl think hair is not really getting ruined from these things. i used to think the same thing too until i started teaching and having to wear the sheital myself”
Sorry Wise Woman, I respectfully could not disagree with you more. I babysat for my granddaughter since she was born, and whatever project we worked on together always ended up with sparkles on my snood or cap, sticky gluestick residue, and forget about the paint. Sheitlech cost a GREAT deal of money, and they are just impractical to wear on a daily basis (some of us only own one or two of them)when working with small children, and sticky little fingers, especially if they are 2-3 years old. In regular school, I think most female teachers should come to school in a wig or in a hat, but not for preschool. And as was pointed out, people should dress for the job they do. Everyone has a uniform. Most of those uniforms can be easily thrown into the wash when they get dirty.
If your opinion is that a snood is a schmatta, by all means do not wear them. But I have seen attractive snoods that look perfectly fine on my (then) pre-schoolers’ morahs, and I imagine they have even prettier ones today, that work just fine as a fashion accessory. My friend has several VERY pricey and dressy snoods, and ONLY wears them for Shabbos and/or chasunahs, as she does not believe in wearing wigs (not for tzniusdig reasons, but more that she is just not a wig-person).