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Determine Your Child's Shoe Size

Properly fitting your child's athletic shoes will contribute to the healthy growth of their feet. In addition they will allow your child to participate in a variety sports activities.

To properly measure your child's foot, follow the simple instructions below:

How To Measure Your Child's Foot

  • While seated, place his/her foot on a piece of paper
  • With a pencil, trace around their foot. Hold the pencil as straight up-and-down as possible while measuring and be sure that your pencil remains in constant contact with their foot during this process.
  • To find his/her foot length, measure the distance between the two points on your tracing. Reduce this number by 5 mm, or 1/5-inch.
  • The result is your child's foot length and the number you will use to determine their shoe size

Measurement Tips

  • Take your child's measurements at the end of the day, when his/her feet are their largest
  • Have your child wear the socks they will wear with their new shoes when you take their foot measurement
  • Measure both feet and fit shoes to the larger foot
  • It is best to measure your child's foot while he/she is standing
  • You may take measurements in inches or centimeters. To convert inches to centimeters, multiply inches by 2.54.

Find Your Child's Shoe Size:

Since shoes are made differently depending on style and brand, use this as a general guideline to follow when finding the right size shoe.

Infants
AgeInchesSize
3 - 4 Months-Infant's 2
5 Months-Infant's 3
6 Months-Infant's 4
6 - 7 Months-Infant's 5
7 - 9 Months-Infant's 5 - 6
One Year-Infant's 6 - 10

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Pre-school
AgeInchesSize
1 - 2 Years5 13/16" - 6 1/8"Child's 9 - 10
2 - 3 Years6 1/8" - 6 1/2"Child's 9 - 10
3 - 4 Years6 1/2" - 6 13/16"Child's 10 - 11
4 - 5 Years6 13/16" - 7 1/8"Child's 11 - 12
5 - 6 Years7 1/8" - 7 1/2"Child's 12 1/2 - 1
7 - 8 Years7 1/2" - 8 1/2"Child's 1 - 3

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Grade school
AgeInchesSize
8 -9 Years8 1/2" - 9 1/8"Kid's 3 - 5
9 -10 Years9 1/8" - 9 13/16"Kid's 5 - 7

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Women's Shoes
AgeInchesSize
10+ Years8 1/2" - 8 2/3"Women's 5
 8 1/2" - 8 2/3"Women's 5 1/2
 8 2/3" - 8 5/6"Women's 6
 8 5/6" - 9"Women's 6 1/2
 9" - 9 1/6"Women's 7
 9 1/6" - 9 1/3"Women's 7 1/2
 9 1/3" - 9 1/2"Women's 8
 9 1/2" - 9 2/3"Women's 8 1/2
 9 2/3" - 9 5/6"Women's 9
 9 5/6" - 10"Women's 9 1/2
 10" - 10 1/6"Women's 10
 10 1/6" - 10 1/3"Women's 10 1/2
 10 1/3" - 10 1/2"Women's 11
 10 1/2" - 10 2/3"Women's 11 1/2
 10 2/3" - 10 5/6"Women's 12

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Men's Shoes
AgeInchesSize
10+ Years9 1/3" - 9 1/2"Men's 6
 9 1/2" - 9 2/3"Men's 6 1/2
 9 2/3" - 9 5/6"Men's 7
 9 5/6" - 10"Men's 7 1/2
 10" - 10 1/6"Men's 8
 10 1/6" - 10 1/3"Men's 8 1/2
 10 1/3" - 10 1/2"Men's 9
 10 1/2" - 10 2/3"Men's 9 1/2
 10 2/3" - 10 5/6"Men's 10
 10 5/6" - 11"Men's 10 1/2
 11" - 11 1/6"Men's 11
 11 1/6" - 11 1/3"Men's 11 1/2
 11 1/3" - 11 1/2"Men's 12
 11 1/2" - 11 2/3"Men's 12 1/2
 11 2/3" - 11 5/6"Men's 13

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