Can your school aged child do up their shoelaces?

[CKJ]

My 6yo DD can't do them, but she doesn't own any shoes with laces. She is only a size 8-9 in toddler/kids shoes so it's mostly Velcro or pull on. She is learning buckles in sandals though

[~Trish~]

My DS1 learned when he was 5 - DH taught him, he has more patience than me lol! Last year our local shoe shop gave us a cardboard card that looks like a shoe and has a lace on it so kids can practice tying it up. It was by Clarks, so it might be worth asking one of your local shoe shops if they have any?

[~Kim~]

Yes she can. She taught herself at the beginning of last year (so at 4.5). Apparently she's a bit of an anomaly. Every teacher she has comments on it. It's not common until years 2-3 they tell me.

[Phteven]

We got our second little cardboard shoe today. The first one was ripped up in frustration a year ago.
I mentioned to the woman at the shoe shop that DS2 was trying to do up his laces and she asked if I'd got a card before so I said no because I thought it might be handy and I figured it was easier to lie than to explain that DS1 had ripped the last one up. DS1 then asked the woman what she was getting and she told him so he said "we used to have one of them" then she bought it out and gave it to DS2 who said "that's the same as the one one DS1 had"
I guess it would have been easier to explain that the last one was ripped up after all.

[~Trish~]

We got our second little cardboard shoe today. The first one was ripped up in frustration a year ago.
I mentioned to the woman at the shoe shop that DS2 was trying to do up his laces and she asked if I'd got a card before so I said no because I thought it might be handy and I figured it was easier to lie than to explain that DS1 had ripped the last one up. DS1 then asked the woman what she was getting and she told him so he said "we used to have one of them" then she bought it out and gave it to DS2 who said "that's the same as the one one DS1 had"
I guess it would have been easier to explain that the last one was ripped up after all.

That would so happen to me.

[Purple Penguin]

DH taught DD1 last year, she's now 6 and can pretty much do it.

[Rowellen]

We got our second little cardboard shoe today. The first one was ripped up in frustration a year ago.
I mentioned to the woman at the shoe shop that DS2 was trying to do up his laces and she asked if I'd got a card before so I said no because I thought it might be handy and I figured it was easier to lie than to explain that DS1 had ripped the last one up. DS1 then asked the woman what she was getting and she told him so he said "we used to have one of them" then she bought it out and gave it to DS2 who said "that's the same as the one one DS1 had"
I guess it would have been easier to explain that the last one was ripped up after all.

Gotta love how kids keep us honest

My DS is a bit young yet. But I remember learning myself. My aunt taught me. I would have been no more than 7 as that is when we moved away. I remember her saying I was old enough to learn to tie laces & I should stop wearing velcro lol!

[sushee]

Charlie started this year, almost age 6 but his dad kept at him, which is probably why. Before that, lazy and enabler mummy just bought him shoes with zelcro on it.