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My left handed husband didn't learn to tie his shoes till he was 10. (He has a PhD in physics, BTW.) He said he enjoyed having other people tie his shoes. That's what happens when you are the "baby" in the family, I think. Anyway, he taught our left-handed daughter to tie her shoes at about age 6.
My two sons learned last year. The incentive ; my mum was here from ireland and promised them $20 each if they learned before she went home within the week.
My 9 year old son got it right away.
My 8 year old son was still practicing a few weeks later.
BTW ; they both got the $20, but I kept telling the younger one that he had to give a refund the next time we saw granny..
When my dd was in kinder last year, I had to make a point of buying her shoes with laces so she could learn. Most shoes in her size at the Skechers outlet store (my usual shoe buying place) were velcro.
I don't remember velcro shoes as a kid. I had buster browns, and when zips came along, I gladly tossed the keds to the curb. I think they all had laces. I believe that is part of the problem. You have to be selective or your kids end up 10 yrs old never having owned a pair of shoes with laces. Even dress shoes - my boys wear the lands end or merrell suede slip on mocs as dress shoes.
I read on some milestone website that kids have to be able to tie their shoes at 6. I let a sigh of relief since my dd is 5 and in K and can't get it. A big part of it is that she's so excited and wants to run and do things and doesn't have the patience to sit and waste half the recess on shoes. She's had runners where she could slip her feet even though they are laced up. This summer, we are going to step the tying thing up, before her 1st grade.
I read on some milestone website that kids have to be able to tie their shoes at 6. I let a sigh of relief since my dd is 5 and in K and can't get it. A big part of it is that she's so excited and wants to run and do things and doesn't have the patience to sit and waste half the recess on shoes. She's had runners where she could slip her feet even though they are laced up. This summer, we are going to step the tying thing up, before her 1st grade.
They don't really have to... nothing happens if they don't. All kids are different. Don't stress.
They don't really have to... nothing happens if they don't. All kids are different. Don't stress.
You know how it is when you go through the stages the first time Always wavering "are we on track or not??" I dont' spend that much time worrying of the second child, much more relaxed!
My left handed husband didn't learn to tie his shoes till he was 10. (He has a PhD in physics, BTW.) He said he enjoyed having other people tie his shoes. That's what happens when you are the "baby" in the family, I think. Anyway, he taught our left-handed daughter to tie her shoes at about age 6.
Left handedness has it's perks, as well as curses. Coming from a family of all right handed people, I learned everything backwards, though I tied my shoes at 3, I learned upside down. My mother used to untie them just so she could watch me do it again. Cutting and everything else was not the way everybody else did it either.
Two of my boys do sports stuff as lefties. It was hilarious watching grandpa try to show the oldest how to hold a junior golf club when he was 5. It was made for righties, so the proper way to hold it was as a righty, but the very stubborn 5yo insisted on holding it backwards, because lefty felt correct to him. Grandpa is stubborn as well, which is where the comedy came in. I wish I had videotaped it.
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All kids are different. Don't stress.
Always wavering "are we on track or not??" I dont' spend that much time worrying of the second child, much more relaxed!
