Self Care
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Supporting your child's independence with self care is a life skill that can eventually save you a lot of time. Self care can be anything from brushing teeth to shoe tying. Please use this page as a reference for tools that we find helpful when helping children learn the motor skills necessary and importance of independence with self care.
Shoe Tying: Children typically learn to tie their shoes between Kindergarten and 2nd Grade. This is a skill that requires both fine motor and visual perceptual skills. Children with delays in this skill find shoe tying to be quite challenging. The use of bi-colored shoe laces can help children with visual discriminating the laces when learning to tie. Bi-colored shoe laces can be purchased online or you can make them if you have a sewing machine. Our favorite reference is a book called Shoe Tying Made Simple by Kelly Wilk. The following websites provide demonstrations and videos that can be helpful:
