Throughout the lives of our children there are different challenges that we must meet. One of them is explaining how the shoelaces are tied. Surely you still remember how they taught it to you or who did it! Well, time passes and now we have to arm ourselves with courage and explain it clearly.
Although there are many shoes that do not wear them or that are made of velcro, it is true that whoever learns to tying your shoelaces is one of the first steps to take to be able to perform tasks on your own. You have to have a little patience, because we already know that not all of us learn at the same rate, but of course, with practice, you will achieve it before you know it.
When do you learn to tie shoelaces
There are many things we want to teach you, but we are already learning that patience is one of the best qualities we can have. All in good time and if you were wondering when to learn to tie shoelaces, age-wise, we will tell you that Everyone has their time, but around 4 or 5 years of age it is a good time to start teaching them skills. how are you. We must make sure before that you already know how to perform certain movements with your hands and that you will learn how to make the loop, since previously we will give you material for it. Small steps before jumping into the void!
How Shoelaces Are Tied: Ideas for Practice
Now that we know the age at which we will start this process, what we have to keep in mind is that we will not do it abruptly. Hence, you can always go one step at a time. How? Well, doing practices and games with laces before you go for the shoes themselves.
- A shoe insole: It is best to paint a shoe on a piece of paper and stick it on a cardboard. You will remember it and you will have the template ready, after making the relevant holes. It is the moment in which you must teach him the route of the laces and simply join them as a knot so that he knows that they have to be well fastened before starting.
- A tale of little animals: It is true that there are several stories in order to create the perfect knot. But when it comes to tying the laces you can always imagine that you have to make a pair of ears with the string, give them a turn so that they cross and stretch the ears again. Now it is your imagination that has to do the rest!
- Rhyme to tie the shoelaces: Of course, another option we also have is to learn a rhyme, recite it at the same time as we cross the laces. They are sure to love a game like this!
How to tie your shoelaces step by step
- The child will take each cord with one hand and pull a little on both.
- Now is the time to step one over the other, making a big letter X, although in many other places they are left with a cross. We will explain it as it suits us best.
- When we have said symbol, we show them that they must pass one cord inside, or under, the other and stretch. They will already have the first part because the base knot of our laces has been formed.
- Now the step is repeated again and, to make it easier for the little ones, it is convenient to trace the X again but in this case without the final pull that we gave to the previous knot.
- Which will make us have a kind of circle. Then it remains to put through that circle first a cord and then its partner.
- Now we have two ears left and it will be the ones that we must pull and not the ends so that they have the perfect knot.
Surely with music you learn much faster and better! You can teach it in this way with the circle or, after the first part of the knot, make the ear and cross it with the other part or make two ears. This will depend on the age of the children and what when they know one way, we can teach them the others but over time.