Teaching Them to Tie Their Shoes

[Country Kids]

I have also had fourth graders that couldn't tie shoes. Always had a pair of velcros on.

[Meeko]

Can someone tell me why their PARENTS can't teach this skill? I remember one on one time with my mother learning to tie my shoes. I did it with my kids too. I would not have expected someone else to do it. It can...and should be..... done AT HOME.

[MissAnn]

Can someone tell me why their PARENTS can't teach this skill? I remember one on one time with my mother learning to tie my shoes. I did it with my kids too. I would not have expected someone else to do it. It can...and should be..... done AT HOME.

I'd rather parents NOT help! I know that sounds bad, but if I teach one way and parents then want to help and teach a different way, the kid is screwed! LOL

Just like when you teach kids to write their names...first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase..... Then the parent messes them up with teaching all uppercase.

"Little Johnny, did mamma help you again?" LOL

[Patches]

http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=tying+shoes

[Patches]

Idk if this will work right but, here is supposed to be a pic of my sons shoe from last summer when he was 4. lovethis He was rather quiet for quite a while! This is why!!::

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[Patches]

Can someone tell me why their PARENTS can't teach this skill? I remember one on one time with my mother learning to tie my shoes. I did it with my kids too. I would not have expected someone else to do it. It can...and should be..... done AT HOME.

I don't know if you are talking about my post but I was asking for my DS who is 5. I agree this is something a parent should teach. He is my oldest so this is my first try at teaching this skill

[MNMum]

I'm going to be honest and say, I did not teach my kids at 5 to tie shoes. Call me lazy, that's okay. They excel in many other ways!

[Country Kids]

This is actually a requirement here for kindergarten-either you know how to tie shoes or you wear velcro. The teachers WILL NOT tie the shoes, zip up coats, button pants, help wipe noses, soap up hands, things like that. If you can't do it then your not ready for the big league-

[Meeko]

I don't know if you are talking about my post but I was asking for my DS who is 5. I agree this is something a parent should teach. He is my oldest so this is my first try at teaching this skill

I actually rushed through the thread and it seemed that a lot of providers are teaching it.

I think it's a parental responsibility...so kudos to you! Hope I didn't offend you?!

[jenn]

I used to teach kindergarten and only about half could tie their shoes. Some that couldn't just hadn't been taught, but some just were not ready as their fine motor skills just weren't there yet. Sometimes it's not a comprehension thing, but a motor skills thing.

[Patches]

I actually rushed through the thread and it seemed that a lot of providers are teaching it.

I think it's a parental responsibility...so kudos to you! Hope I didn't offend you?!

No, not at all

[mamac]

For what it's worth- I do not recommend "Tie Buddies". I got them for my son (5yo) and they seem to make the process a lot more difficult. They are meant to make the loop process easier by holding the "point" of the loop and color coding the two laces, but they just end up getting in the way when making the initial cross over and knot. They also make untying the shoes more difficult as they get caught when you pull the laces. The concept seems okay until you actually try to use them. I also had a VERY difficult time getting them onto the laces in the first place. The hole in them in very small and I doubt that you would be able to fit the aglet of a sneaker, or the laces themselves, through them. My son wears dress shoes which have much narrower laces and I barely got them to fit. (Actually ruined the aglets with pliers trying to force them through.)

Complete waste of money.

[Starburst]

I have also had fourth graders that couldn't tie shoes. Always had a pair of velcros on.

I couldn't tie my shoes or start the zipper on a jacket by myself until I was about 6 or 7. I always wore velcro sneakers or clogs. But I think sometimes it also has to do with when parents just do it because it is faster and they don't get the opertunity to do it.

Though there are some kids that just don't understand certain concepts until they get to the level of concrete operational thinking (ages 7-11). This is also around the age that kids start to understand to concept of conservation in terms of volume and mass- most kids under the age of 6 or 7 dont understand that two different sized items can hold the same amount of liquid even if it doesn't look equal (even if you pour all of the liquid from one container to the other infront of them).