At what age did your child learn to tie his/her shoe?
She was five years old. We got rid of all her Velcro shoes. I used to say : "Okay, make an x with your laces and make a knot. Make a bunny ear. The non bunny ear needs to go around the bunny ear . . ." Don't push it too much. Always do one shoe where she watches, and she does the other one. Sit behind her while she tries so you can see exactly what she's doing. If she has to try it more than twice--finish it for her while repeating your instructions. Even have her tie your shoes. But if she gets frustrated, just let her be. There's always another day where she has to try again.
When should I start teaching my kid to tie his shoes? Will he learn how to tie his shoelaces at school?
There are nice toys with buttons, zips, hook & eyes and strings to tie. Get him one of those and play with it with him. I remember being six when I learned to tie. I had gotten a large, stuffed bunny with a bow around its neck. I'd been shown how to tie but hadn't gotten the mechanics down. I practiced with the ribbon of this toy and was finally able to do a traditional bow. I remember taking it into my parents' room and waking them to show them I could tie a bow. I was able to tie my own shoes, much to my parent's relief a week or so later. There were five kids in my family so you can imagine what a chore that was in the pre-velcro days. In college and while married, I actually learned easiere ways to tie a bow. My son didn't learn to tie until much later since all his shoes had velcro, though we tried to teach him. He just wasn't that interested and it wasn't necessary to his life. I think he finally learned in about the 4th grade when he'd grown out of most of the shoes with velcro. My husband taught him the traditional bow and the two easier ways.
At what age do children learn to dress themselves?
i would say about 3 years old...i'm a nanny and most children around that age can do it. theres still a little struggle though
Kindergarten teacher wont tie my childs shoes?!?!?
I would withdraw my kid from that class today. I would not subject my child to a teacher with that attitude. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised if you don't get any satisfaction from talking to the teacher. I would talk to the principal and the school board about getting rid of this teacher. You probably won't have much success with that though (but do it anyway!!) so I would start by removing my kid from her classroom and protecting her from that kind of "learning." Find another school or keep your kid out of kindergarten altogether. Let other parents in the class know how this teacher treats the kids because I'm sure she is the same to all of them. If you can get support from other parents, you will have an easier time about how you feel as well as getting something done about this teacher. Give your kid lots of positive strokes but try not to undermine the teacher (which would be pretty hard to do) because kids automatically offer respect to teachers and it won't help to try and change that. Good luck and don't just let this concern slip by. This teacher is not educated to teach kindergarden and should not be allowed to.