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Learning to Get Dressed (One Step at a Time)

Independence

Learning to Get Dressed (One Step at a Time)

Getting dressed broken down into small wins: big buttons this week on a cardigan laid flat; later, started zippers, then velcro. Show the movement in slow motion, quietly, and let your child practice on laid-out clothes before trying them on.

Age
18 to 36 months
Duration
10 min, woven into your daily routine
Materials
Clothes with chunky fastenings (or dressing frames)
Supervision
Semi-supervisé
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Step by step

  1. Big buttons OR zippers OR velcro, never all at once.
  2. Practicing off the body makes learning so much easier.
  3. Demonstrate in slow motion, step by step, without speaking during the demo.
  4. Let them practice as long as they need without taking over, even if they struggle: it takes time, and that's completely normal.
  5. Once they have mastered it laid flat, try it on.
  6. Velcro, big buttons, started zipper, then putting on a coat alone (the flip trick).

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