How to teach a child to dress without assistance

How to teach a child to dress independently?

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As soon as you notice in your child the desire for independence, then it's time to learn how to dress and put on shoes. The ability to dress independently is a very difficult skill for a child, as fine motor skills are involved in it. best age for training is 2-3years. It is this period that child psychologists call "I myself!". At this age, children absorb everything like a sponge. best example independence are you - the parents. The child will be happy to repeat everything after you. But the baby will not learn everything right away, because each child is individual, his development depends not only on temperament, but also on the educational strategy of adults, so be patient and be prepared for gradualness.

Why rush or do it yourself later - this is the wrong approach! After all, the skill of dressing not only saves time for parents, but gives something else.

Motor skills - the child stands on one leg to put on the pants.

Improves understanding of space and time - the child learns how to dress for a particular occasion and weather conditions.

In addition, dressing teaches the child to see the difference between dirty and clean clothes. But most importantly, the skill of self-dressing removes an additional burden from the shoulders of parents.

Develops fine motor skills hands

A kid, panting, pulling on tights or putting on gloves with concentration, causes tenderness and delight in adults.

How convenient it is for a mother to get ready for a walk with a child who knows how to dress herself! This process is especially tiring in winter, when there are too many clothes. But also in warm time years, you have to put on and take off your clothes several times a day - after sleep, for a walk, before going to bed, etc.

When you start the learning process, you can not ask the child to dress himself - this is the worst way to learn.

Here are some tips for learning this skill:

• Patience and calmness of parents.
• Good mood of the child.
• Calm environment - without haste and nerves.
• Friendly tone of parents - without orders.
• No threats!!! You can not suppress the initiative of the child.
• Never criticize or laugh if the baby is not dressed properly.
• Turn dressing up into a game. Tell the child in what order to put on the clothes.

Often rapid development the skill of self-dressing is hindered by the very design of clothing.

*When buying socks, pay attention to the elastic, it should not be tight.

* Buy clothes with a minimum of fasteners, buttons, laces. * Avoid turtlenecks or pin-neck sweaters. The most comfortable sweatshirts with buttons on the shoulder.

*Choose from appliqués to distinguish between front and back.

* Buy pants and skirts with an elastic band.

*Consider buying clothes one size up.

Dressing Rules:

1. First, introduce your baby to clothes.Explore items of clothing with your baby, show them and call them out loud. Introduce the child to the inside and front, front and back of the clothes, tell us what a sleeve, a collar is.
2. Consider your baby's wardrobe. Clothing should be loose and easy to stretch.Everything that is “not enough” and “tight” is better to remove. The child will not yet be able to put on tight-fitting tights, but he can easily cope with the “old-fashioned” rubber ones. Shaggy threads on the wrong side of the tights will bring the crumbs a lot of trouble - fingers get tangled in them. Socks are better to buy a size larger and with a not very tight elastic band. In addition, save your child from having to deal with tricky clasps. For the first time, clothes and shoes without fasteners or Velcro are optimal, you can gradually add large "zippers" and buttons. And the laces and buttons will wait a couple of years.
3. When dressing a baby, voice the sequence of actions:“Now let’s put on panties, then socks, then panties,” etc. For many children, remembering the order in which to dress things up can be a challenge. Can be hung in the children's poster with the image various items clothes. It will be good if you draw this poster together with your child: cut out suitable pictures of clothes from children's magazines and stick them on a piece of drawing paper in the order in which you need to put on all the clothes. So the child will quickly remember this order. In addition, so that the child does not confuse where the front and where the back of the clothes are, choose clothes with pockets or applications in the front, so it will be easier for the child to navigate.
4. Teach your child how to undress first. Show how you take off your mittens, jacket, tights, etc. Tell the baby: “And you can do it, try it.” If the child is having difficulty, help him, if necessary - practically take off his clothes, but let the "finishing touch" remain with the child. He must feel that he did it himself. Gradually increase the number of items of clothing that the baby will always take off. Don't forget to praise him for his success.
5. Children enjoy imitating the example of adults.Arrange his clothes next to yours and start dressing together or one at a time, piece by piece. Announce a "competition" - who will get dressed faster. At first, the baby will need help.
6. Fold up home clothes V accessible to the child place. At first, the baby will simply pull it out, sort it out, hide in a pile of things. But by about a year and a half, he, following the example of his parents, will begin to put on hats and socks. And then other clothes.
7. Often the first thing a baby puts on isturn out to be dad's T-shirt or mom's socks.These things are, firstly, easier to put on, and secondly, more interesting. And thirdly, in them the child satisfies his need to be like his parents. Therefore, do not prohibit such experiments, for sure you have clothes that can be donated for the games.
8. When you dress your child yourself, try to draw his attention to the process. Speak all your actions, ask to hold some thing or independently perform a simple action.
9. Even if it seems to you that the child already knows how to dress himself, do not deprive him of support and attention.Prompt what to wear for what (for many children this is a difficult task), lay out clothes in order. You can dress at the same time as the child, offering him a competition.
10. Plan your time this wayso that you can feel calm, mastering with the baby new science dressing. It is better to get up in the morning half an hour earlier than to deprive the child of the opportunity to master new skills in time. Set a realistic time for getting dressed. If it takes 20 minutes for a child to get dressed calmly, don't try to get him to do it in 10.
11. Invite the child to choose a blouse himself, arrange 2-3 to choose from.
12. Do not help if the child does not ask.
13. Play with your child!

Here are some dress up games:

"The Engines Go to the Tunnels"let the pants legs become tunnels, and the baby's legs become trains. Invite your baby to “drive trains into the tunnels.”

"Dress the doll (soft toy)"Tell the baby that the doll is going to visit, but she needs to be dressed.

Girls, and boys too, enjoy playing"fashion show" or "photo shoot" - This great occasion to learn how to dress independently.

"Dive!" Lay the children's jacket on a flat surface (sofa, stool, floor), straighten the sleeves; the unzipped zipper should be on top. Place the child facing the collar or hood of the jacket. The clothes lie, as it were, “upside down in relation to the child. Ask your child to lean over the jacket and put his hands through the sleeves. While the child is in this position, grasp bottom edge jacket and quickly throw it over the baby's head. Such help is needed only at the beginning, then the child himself will “dive” under the edge of the jacket, while pulling on the sleeves.

Poems - DRESS

I know how to dress myself (O. Ivanova)

The sun has peeped

In the morning to our window.

The sun tickled

Earring's cheek:

It's time to rise

It's time to get dressed!

He already knows how

Get dressed in the morning.

And socks and panties

The boy puts on.

Here is the shirt.

Well, Seryozhka, well done!

Began to pull on tights -

Managed it myself, kid.

Blue panties

Instantly the boy put on

Shoes on legs

Earring buttoned up.

Well, you are my friend

Do you want to dress yourself?

I CAN DRESS IT OWN… (V. Zaitsev)

I'm already four years old.

I can dress myself.

If the weather is warm

I run into the yard without a coat.

If the wind blows hard

If slush or rain

IN kindergarten I won't go

No coat and no galoshes.

I got used to my shoes

Brush every day.

From the suit all the dust particles

I'm not too lazy to shake.

When dressing a baby for a walk, say:

We'll wear boots

On little feet

We'll put on a jacket

To our little one.

We'll wear a hat

Neck scarf.

And let's go outside

Where the sun shines.

Dressing for a walk

We put on our pants - one, two, three!

We put on a jacket - one, two, three!

We fasten the buttons - one, two, three!

And now the shoes - one, two, three!

… (etc. whatever you wear)

We are ready - look!

Now let's go for a walk.

Let's play with the kids.

But so that my Nastenka

Never frozen

We'll wear a hat

To hide the ears

Nastya is on top.

And a warm scarf around the neck,

Very soft and big.

Well now the jumpsuit

Nastenkin's favorite.

You will become like a gnome

My flower, dear!

I'll put you in a wheelchair

Let me tell you an interesting story.

And another lovely verse:

Aunt Agashka,

Sew me a shirt!

Gotta dress up

Let's go for a ride!

boot

The mother asked her son:

Lace up your shoe:

One-two - to the right,

One-two - to the left!

He doesn't want to lace up, -

Mitya thought to justify himself.

And to prove it

Knots began to knit:

One, two, right

One or two on the left.

Here! Knots interfere

I have to pull my laces!

Vova-confusion,

Where is your shirt?

Maybe gray cats

Did they take her to the bushes?

Maybe the hare came?

Maybe the hedgehog took it?

Maybe a teddy bear

Would you like to wear it?

I began to try on a shirt -

I took it and put it under the bed.

Vova-confusion,

Here's your shirt!

Blue mittens

Bayu-bayu-bayushki,

Blue mittens.

Mom sewed, embroidered,

Where with difficulty

Where is it easy?

Sewn with strong thread

Nastenka's name.

Bayu-bayu-bayushki,

Name mittens.

duel with a shoelace

My brother is attached to me

It does not have a lace.

I tie a shoelace,

I tie and show, show and tell.

I tell you how to tie.

I tie and untie

I tie and tie...

And I didn't learn right away.

Tie and untie...

Laces

I'm not lacing shoes

And I train the laces

Not to get out of hand

They didn't bully me

And tied up cleverly

As training tells them,

And keep the shoe

Firmly.

Like this!

M. Plastov

How to fasten buttons

Children's clothing is not only Velcro, zippers, but also buttons. Learning to button up buttons can be turned into interesting game. Sew a few large buttons onto a piece of fabric, and make a loop in another cloth. Kids enjoy playing and at the same time training in a useful skill. By the way, for the development of fine motor skills, use everything that is at hand: sew buttons and Velcro on Stuffed Toys and some household items. So, the ears of a hare can be made pressed against the head - fasten them with buttons, and fasten the curtains in the nursery at night with Velcro.

How to put on shoes

Buy shoes with zippers or Velcro so that they open well and the foot easily passes inside. You will see, unfastening and fastening zippers and Velcro will become the baby's favorite game, which means that he will put on shoes without whims and with pleasure.

How to put on pants

Explain to the child that it is more convenient to put on pants while sitting on the bed, stretching your legs in front of you, and you can get up after the feet have appeared from under the pants. Do not forget to praise your child even for his small successes.

How to put on a T-shirt

In order for a child to learn to cope with a sweater, a T-shirt, things must be free, with the minimum amount buttons, buttons. It is important that the neck is free and passes freely over the head. Otherwise, the child will not only not cope with an uncomfortable thing, but will also begin to get angry, and then refuse to dress at all.

Demonstrate how to properly put on pants - sitting on the bed or the floor, getting up only when the leg comes out of the pants.

When putting on socks, the difficulty lies in the fact that the child spreads his fingers and he cannot pull the sock to the end. Show how to hold your fingers. Very often, children like to pull on their father's or mother's socks, with this they satisfy their need to be like a parent. Do not forbid, let him experiment.

When putting on a sweater, explain that you need to climb into the neck not with your face, but with the top of your head. If you know that the neck of the sweater is too narrow, stretch it with your hands, before giving it to the child, show that the space is large and the head will fit in there. Otherwise, the child will establish himself in the idea that it is very difficult to wear some things.

Teach to collect fingers in a fist when putting on jackets and sweaters.

How to teach a child to put on shoes?

If you don't want to disgust your child with the process of putting on shoes, buy shoes a half size larger.

Before putting on, unfasten and open the shoes as much as possible so that the foot can easily pass inside.

Put the shoes side by side: the left one on the left, the right one on the right - these are “the shoes are friends”, and if you put them on the wrong foot, then “they quarreled”. Show how it looks when they "quarreled" and look with their noses in different directions.

What to do if the baby does not want to learn to dress?

By the age of 3, the child outgrows the desire to dress independently. We'll have to be patient and allocate more time to the training camp.

Does he want to go for a walk or visit? Of course, but if he dresses himself. But do not immediately put an ultimatum. At first, be content with small victories: let him put on socks, shorts, or even just a hat. Gently increase the percentage of his independent actions.

Give the right to choose clothes. But offer no more than two items of each type, so it is easier for the child to decide.

Turn dressing into a game: let the hat be a crown, felt boots - walking boots, lightning dog - an elevator cabin. It's time to show your imagination to the maximum!

Do not insist on dressing yourself when the child has not had enough sleep, is tired or sick. Hearing: "I myself!" do not extinguish the initiative, help only when you are asked about it. Praise for success and you will succeed.

How to cope with the wisdom of dressing so that children do not interfere with the actions of their parents, or even at all - learn to dress on their own?

Sometimes the process of dressing turns into real battle. The child is spinning, twisting, acting up, trying to sneak away. How to learn to get along with this process?

The child does not want to dress: what is the reason

The process of dressing the child seems rather boring and tiring. Young children are constantly on the move - bending, twisting, refusing to follow instructions. Their interest quickly switches, they want to move and learn new things.

It's easier to deal with little ones - put them next to each other bright toy and then give it to your baby. A bright object will attract the baby's attention while you are changing the diaper. You can talk, sing, make unusual sounds, keeping the baby's attention.

Try not to make problems out of the topic of dressing. As a child grows, his progress is periodically replaced by regression. Support the child's desire to act and remember that by the age of 5-6 he will be able to cope on his own.

How to teach a child to dress: the solution

The older the child becomes, the more he can take over in the process of dressing. Learning how to undress is easier for a child than how to dress. Therefore, it is worth trying to master this skill first.

The most difficult thing is to learn how to fasten buttons, zippers, fasteners. It is better to train when you have enough time. Pay attention to individual operations, show how to defeat the buttons, and the child will begin to dress with pleasure.

You will be surprised when a child dressing on his own suddenly starts to hesitate, hang up and refuses: “I don’t want to,” “Mom, dress me up.” It happens when interesting activity suddenly becomes routine, becomes tedious and boring. You can force it - and turn the game into an obligation.

And you can go ahead. If he is tired, naughty, or just wants you to take care of him. "Alright, let's play little one. I will dress you and tell you how to do it right.” Or distribute tasks. Take the most difficult thing for yourself - a shirt and buttons, and offer your child to "overcome" the shoes. Remember - the game returns interest and desire to act.

And a few more tricky finds for parents:

• Teach your child that there is a clear dressing algorithm. Draw a sequence with your child and teach him to refer to this pattern in the process of dressing.
• Encourage your child to independently choose things for today's walk (from those that you consider appropriate). This will interest him.
• Buy things that are easy to put on.
• Turn the process into a game: "Now let's dive into the sweater, close your eyes and hold your breath..."
• Turn the process into a competition: “Hurry, we need to get dressed faster than dad! Hurry up, he's already buttoning up his shirt...”, “Can we get dressed while dad counts to 10?”
• Use "bridge to the future" (forecasting, pointing to a "bright future") as a method of persuasion: "We need to get dressed quickly to go to the park / hill / toy store."
• To get around the child’s resistance, use the “choice-no-choice” technique: “What will you put on first - socks or a shirt?”, “Do you want to dress standing up or lying down?”

Even if you are not going to send your baby to kindergarten, it is still necessary to teach him to dress himself. How earlier child master these skills, the easier it will be for him. How to properly teach a child to change clothes on their own and deal with the reluctance to learn this business, we will tell in this article.

At what age should a child be taught to dress and undress independently?

Already from 1.5-2 years old, children begin to actively show curiosity. They want to learn more and more information, help their mother with the housework, and, of course, dress and dress up. Do not protect the baby from this knowledge, this is the most suitable age to start learning to dress yourself .

Svetlana Andreevna, 27 years old, mother of 2 children

“After bathing, let the baby put on underwear. When preparing for a walk or a visit, let him try to put his legs into tights and put on socks. Try not to help him unnecessarily. Let him dress crookedly, obliquely, on the wrong side - but he will try to dress himself.

The same goes for undressing. Tell the baby to take off, for example, tights or socks. Also, before bathing, ask yourself to undress.

If the baby does not succeed or does not work at all, then help him before he starts crying.

Negative memories of not being able to do something will have a detrimental effect on further learning.

Olga Sergeevna, 34 years old, mother of three children

“Naturally, do not force a child at this age to dress or undress himself if he absolutely does not want to. Turn everything into a game form. For example, say: "Let's play, who will take off the sock faster - you or me?" Children try very hard to win the competition, even at such a young age.”

Why is it important to teach a child to dress and undress by the age of three?

A child must be taught to dress and undress by the age of three! After all, at this age he will go to kindergarten. Perhaps someone earlier or later, but still, at three years old, the baby should be able to put on and take off pajamas, swimming trunks, a T-shirt, tights, skirts or pants, felt boots or boots (sandals), a hat and jacket (even without fastening) .

Anastasia Dmitrievna, 31 years old, mother of twins

“There are many kids in the kindergarten, but there is only one teacher. He will not always be able to come to each child in time to help change clothes for an hour, and even more so when going for a walk.

Of course, if the child is not very good at coping with clothes on his own, warn the teacher about this, he will pay attention to his composure and, in case of failure in dressing, help.

Also, in a team, children will quickly learn to dress, because childhood is a constant rivalry and gaining authority.

If you are not going to drive your baby in preschool, then it is also worth taking care of his training in self-dressing. By the age of three, a child should be able to do this. How quickly a child learns to dress and undress depends on success in further education, his academic performance. Each training must take place at its own time.

Teaching a child to dress and undress independently: where to start?

Of course, every business needs its own beginning. And for teaching the baby to dress independently.

Anna Evgenievna, 37 years old, mother of many children

“If the baby does not show initiative at the beginning of independent dressing, then dolls, soft hares and other toy animals will help you. Sew or buy some of the most common clothes for these toys: a dress, trousers, a shirt, a T-shirt and socks. Play with your baby, show how to dress and what to wear where.

When things get off the ground, then when gathering for a walk, ask him to take a toy with him, explaining your desire by saying that the toy is bored and also wants to walk. Ask the baby to dress this toy on his own, because you have no time - you dress him and yourself, and even a doll cannot go out without clothes.

Aliya, 29, mother of two

“Pay the baby's attention to how the buttons are fastened, how to put on the toy correctly and in what order.

After a few days, you will notice that the child has begun to show interest in his own dressing, because it's so great to help mom and be independent.

For every success in dressing the same toy, do not forget to praise the baby, ask him to put on his socks just as well, because you won’t succeed as he does.

Also, when dressing your baby, take your time, do everything slowly so that he can follow your actions and remember them.

Explain to the child why a T-shirt is worn under a T-shirt, and not vice versa. Also tell him why fasten buttons and locks, why tie shoelaces.

Elena Vladimirovna, 41 years old, kindergarten teacher, mother of three children

“Develop fine motor skills of fingers in your baby with various buttons, balls, cord labyrinths. Such toys are sold in a wide variety of stores. In addition to motor skills, they also develop logical thinking.

Choosing the right clothes for the baby

The success in learning how to dress and undress independently, and his desire to continue learning, will depend on how well the clothes are chosen for the child.

Most Common Tips experienced mothers, what you should pay attention to when choosing clothes for a child, we have compiled a list:

• Do not buy clothes with small buttons for a 2-3 year old baby . The fine motor skills of the child's fingers are still poorly developed, so it will be difficult for him to cope with small details on clothes.

Exit: if you still could not resist and bought your favorite thing with small buttons, then replace them with larger ones or with simple rivets.

• Buy clothes with your child, be guided by his choice . It is simply impossible to force a child to wear things that he does not like. He will run away, scream, but will not dress, especially on his own. If you didn’t like what the baby chose, then remember: it’s not for you to wear clothes, but for him. It’s easier to buy the thing that the child likes than to force him to wear the one he doesn’t like.

Exit: if there are things in the baby’s wardrobe that he doesn’t like and he doesn’t want to wear them, then don’t force them. Simply, if you still catch him and force him to wear such a thing, then next time he may simply refuse to dress in principle.

• Choose only comfortable clothes from quality material . If the child will feel uncomfortable in clothes, it will be hot or cold in it, then you will again face a complete refusal to dress. And you can’t even count on putting on such a thing on your own: children are distinguished by their spontaneity - “uncomfortable, I won’t dress.” It is women who can run on uncomfortable stilettos all day, and put them on again the next, and children do not tolerate inconvenience.

Exit: inconvenient, narrow and low-quality things just remove. It is advisable to hide them completely or give them away so that the baby does not see them. Things that cause discomfort can trigger a bad mood.

• Buy T-shirts, sweaters and pajamas with a wide neck so that the baby can freely stick his head in there . This mother can simply make an effort to cram the baby into the sweater. The child himself after the first failed attempt sticking his head in the gate will refuse this undertaking.

Exit: if you bought a sweater without a baby, and trying on at home, you noticed that the collar is tight, you can embroider it yourself, or make an incision on the collar, sheathe it and sew it on beautiful button. The kid will be able to put on a jacket on his own, and button the button yourself or the teacher in the garden.

• Buy shoes with Velcro, not laces . A child aged 2-3 years will not be able to tie their own shoelaces. Output: there are shoe models that have both lacing and a lock (or Velcro).

How to teach a baby to dress: what to pay attention to a child?

What if the child refuses to learn to dress and undress?

If the baby does not want to change clothes on his own, then try to bribe him new toy or extra sweetness. Usually children go to this agreement.

Evgenia Savelyevna, 31 years old, mother of two children

"It is possible in game form start teaching him. Say that tights and pants are such magical tunnels, and the baby's legs are trains. Turn on your imagination, say that this is not just a jacket and trousers, but a superhero costume that will work only if the child puts it on himself.

Tatyana, 35, mother of four

“Arrange competitions: who will cope with the collection faster: adults or children. You yourself should also take part in order to make it more interesting and fun.”

In no case do not scold the child if he refuses to dress himself, this will finally discourage his desire to learn.

The stage of accustoming a child to independence is the ability to dress quickly, without being distracted by extraneous matters. As with any activity that you are trying to teach your baby to do, it is important to be patient. However, there are a number of techniques that allow you to easily and quickly teach the baby dressing skills without outside help.

When to start teaching

Teach your child to be independent from an early age.

Catherine the Great: “Every child is born unlearned. It is the duty of parents to teach their children."

Psychologists are convinced that optimal age when the baby can cope with dressing on his own - this is 3 years. The fact is that this is an important age milestone, characterized by the desire of the child to actively explore the world WITHOUT outside interference in this process. The so-called “I myself” period. Therefore, attentive and sensitive parents should take advantage of the opportunities that this age cycle provides.

Where to begin

As you help your child get dressed, name items of clothing and body parts.

Before learning to dress, the child must

• know the names of body parts (head, arms, legs) - this information is available for children's consciousness from 1-1.5 years;
• understand which items of clothing are worn on which parts of the body (for this, from a very early age, say all the actions associated with dressing the baby: “Put the handle into the sleeve of the blouse”, “Put a hat on the head”, etc.);
• know how to undress.

Let's take a closer look at the last point. This moment can be mastered long before the age of 3. Already from 1.5 years old, the baby can pull off blouses with buttons or zippers (which adults pre-unfasten on him), take off his hat, socks. The main thing is to withstand the time period necessary for mastering one action, and only then add new element, that is, at first let him take off only his hat, then his pants, etc. By the age of 2-2.5 years, you can arrange competitions with a child who will undress faster. Just remember the enormous benefits to any learning of creating a "success situation": the baby must periodically feel the taste of victory.

What to consider

It is better to choose clothes for a child with bright patterns in front.

To make dressing as easy as possible for the baby, it is necessary to take into account a number of points:

• choose comfortable clothes in which the child is comfortable - so he will not have prejudice before dressing (it is better to choose shoes with velcro than laces, and a jacket with a zipper, and not with buttons);
• it would be nice to choose outfits with a pattern or pockets in front - it will be easier for the baby to figure out how to put on things correctly;
• make the “right” toys (kids love to thread buttons into loops - sew buttons on a piece of fabric, and make loops on the other - you will get an excellent simulator);
• make dressing easier (show that it is better to put on trousers while sitting on a chair or sofa until the foot appears, and only then you can stand up and pull them up to the waist).

Games with a child: how to teach dressing quickly

Dressing up for speed can be fun

The easiest way to teach young children is through play. This type of activity captures and does not cause boredom - the main enemy of any undertakings related to the training of little ones. There are some of the most effective playful ways to teach your little one to dress themselves.

1. "Journey into space" (this game is especially interesting for boys). Invite your child to take a trip to the stars. For this it will be useful certain clothes, choose it together, and then help the child put on the “space suit”. Please note that for this game, children must clearly know the names of clothing items.
2. "Fashion shop" (girls love this fun very much). Imagine yourself as a seller in a store, and a child as a buyer. Offer the baby clothes, his task is to choose and try on. At the end, you can arrange a fashion show.
3. "Let's fill the car." Come up with different associations with the body and clothes. For example, let the legs be cars, and the pants gas station. It is necessary to fill the cars with fuel, for this they must call at a gas station. The options for these games are limited only by your imagination.
4. "Who is faster?". As with learning to undress, dressing is an important competitive moment. Get dressed in front of the child, offer to do it in a race.

How to stimulate

Do not scold the child if he can not get dressed on his own

At first, the child will not be able to overcome the wisdom of buttons, fasteners and buttons. This will make him angry and nervous. The task of parents is not to let the baby get upset, but, on the contrary, to cheer him up. For this:

• sing (and it’s better if these are songs “what I see, I sing” - for sure such options will make your student laugh);
• joke;
• entertain the child with his favorite rhymes, jokes.

That is, by any means support the baby - this is The best way help him on the path of mastering the world around him.

Motivation: force or unobtrusively accustom?

Explain what faster baby get dressed, the sooner you go for a walk

It is important for a child at any age right motivation, what can we say about its need for such early age when the baby learns to dress independently. It is only necessary to encourage the crumbs to this process correctly.

• Explain. Try to convey to the child that if he hurries now, then you will be able to solve your affairs faster, and you will have more time to play.
• Intrigue. Say that they make a special delicious breakfast for the “nimble” in the garden, or the bus you are in a hurry to take is actually magical.
• Encourage. Be sure to praise the baby for small advances, say that you are proud of him.
• Keep patience. By this you show the child that even in difficult moments you are always by his side. Feeling your support, he will try to do everything faster and better.

Parenting Mistakes

Praise your child for successes and gently explain mistakes

Very often, parents, teaching a child to dress on their own, make annoying mistakes that slow down the stage of mastering the skill. Of course, the main reason for such misses is the lack of patience. Therefore, try to avoid some typical erroneous situations.

• If you are in a hurry, and the baby slowly pulls on tights, do not scold him and rush to speed up the process of dressing, doing everything instead of the child. Better train yourself and your baby to get up 30 minutes earlier.
• Don't stop there. If the child successfully copes with putting on tights, T-shirts, let him learn to put on sweaters, trousers, outerwear.
• Don't demand everything at once. You can not force and insist that the baby does everything himself. Be sure to help him. But only when you see that he himself can not cope and is already ready to despair. In other cases, it is better to wait until he asks for help.
• Don't skimp on praise. If the little one dressed himself, be sure to praise. And let the buttons be buttoned wrong or mixed up the left and right shoes, most importantly, he did it HIMSELF. And one more thing: always explain how to put on this or that thing correctly, or better, show it to yourself.

Show your child how to dress properly using book characters as an example.

There are a number of findings and tips invented by psychologists and tested by more than one generation of parents that allow you to focus your baby on the process of dressing:

• Get used to the algorithm. There is a clear dressing order, what is what, and the baby must follow it. Perhaps it makes sense to draw which thing is worn for which, and hang the drawing in a conspicuous place in the child's room.
• Let me choose. Give the child the opportunity to choose what to go for a walk. Just do it with the “choice without choice” technique, that is, offer those things that you yourself consider appropriate.
• Make a “bridge to the future”: if we get dressed quickly, we will get to the park sooner, that is, properly motivate the child.
• Compete. "Let's get dressed faster than dad!" or “I will count to 10, and you should have time to get dressed” (so at the same time repeat the numbers).

Video: Funny dress book

It's never too late to learn, even for adults. And kids have to learn something new every day. This also applies to clothing. How to teach a child to dress independently? Mandatory with good mood, constant praise and great patience.

Many parents, trying to keep up with the modern rhythm of life, make mistakes. Let's take a look at the most common ones.

“You are already 7 years old, and you don’t know how to dress!”

When to start? The first steps can be taken after a year. The kid confidently keeps on his feet and sometimes even manages to take off his panties. So we try. First, we show him how to do it. Be sure to pronounce every movement. Why do we need panties? So that the sweet ass does not freeze! Gradually, the child will wake up interest, somewhere by 2-3 years.

It is important not to miss this moment. At this age, the offspring literally splashes with independence, he wants to try everything and do it with his own hands. Turn his desire to good.

If your baby is over 4 years old, and he does not know how to dress himself, then this is a stone in your garden, not his. You didn't teach the child, it's not his fault. But all is not yet lost. And even at 7 years old, you can safely teach your baby.

Don't start with complicated fasteners or long laces. Let there be buttons, Velcro, zippers first. And only after that you can move on to heavier ones.

Advice. Do not interrupt the child's desire to try to dress himself. If you are in a hurry, then just promise that next time he will do it. And be sure to keep your promise!

"Well, look, you're dressing wrong!"

Forget this phrase forever. If the child shows interest, you need to properly encourage him. Naturally, at first he will be wrong. But instead of indignation, you can praise? For example, put on a hat backwards. Ay, what a good guy! Now fix it and it will be beautiful! And quickly turn over.

Do not laugh. Or explain your laughter not with crooked tights, but with the joy that the baby managed to pull them on.

Talk. Say your every move aloud. Example: wearing a jacket. Fingers get stuck in the sleeve. Say that one by one they get confused. And when in a fist, all together will find a way out together.

Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing for the test. A child will quickly get used to a T-shirt and shorts than winter overalls.

Let the child first learn to dress while sitting. It's much easier. And only then standing. By the way, a sitting child is not in danger of throwing himself on the floor, getting tangled in pants or a turtleneck.

It happens that the child wants to dress himself. But he can't. He grunts, gets confused, gets angry, then loses interest. It is very important not to let things go by themselves. Praise him in time, without moralizing with the help of the game, tell me correct solution. And be sure to calm down by explaining that you, too, did not know how to dress at first as a child. Let him try again, everything will work out without fail.

Advice. Buy or make a business board for your child, large mosaic, constructor. This is great for developing fine motor skills. Everyone famous game with fingers "forty" is designed just for this.

“Well, why are you still confusing shoes?”

Because parents have not yet explained to the child the elementary technique of how to distinguish between shoes. We put sandals next to each other. Did you get a butterfly? So it's wrong. Does the figurine look a little like a beautiful winged insect? So let's be bold. Everything is simple and without tears.

Advice. To begin with, the child must know what the proverbial butterfly looks like!

“Well, don’t you understand, everything is simple right there!”

It's easy for you. And for small child even a simple button causes difficulty. And to understand where the front or the wrong side is, without a hint, is unrealistic.

Make things easier for your child. Start with Velcro or buttons, and only then move on to buttons and laces. You can just give the child a blouse and ask him to unbutton and fasten it. And then do it for yourself.

Choose clothes that clearly distinguish between back, front, back and face. And explain to the child why you need to dress that way. Example. The purl seams are ugly, we will hide them inside. Look what a cute picture. Let's turn her on her tummy so everyone can see her.

Sometimes you need to leave your child alone. Let him dig deeper with socks or a sweater. As a rule, the help of parents is more favorably accepted by the little man when it is really needed. He will quickly get tired of getting confused in his pants or sleeves, so there will be a reason to offer his help.

After all, it is not at all necessary to start learning how to dress just before leaving the house. On a regular weekend or in the evening, we play with the children “who will get dressed faster?”. This is for boys. "Photo model" for girls. And now we calmly teach the child to dress himself properly.

1. Sew buttons, laces, Velcro on soft toys. Show how it works. Example. Ears can be fastened to a bunny, and a bone is tied to a lace on a dog.
2. Consistency helps a lot. You can schematically depict the types of clothing on a piece of paper and show with arrows what goes for what. If such a scheme is not interesting to the offspring, then try folding the clothes in reverse order. That is, underwear on top, and trousers or a dress on the bottom. Then the baby will not have to sort out. I took it from above and put it on without confusion.
3. The learning process will go much faster if the child has already learned how to undress. After all, it is incomparably easier to remove clothes, and at the same time you can get to know her better. By the way, immediately teach your child to fold clothes, and not scatter them all over the room. Of course, at first he will just crumple her in a chair. But not in the corners - this is an event. Over time, learn to use and hangers.
4. If the child is tired or grunts, postpone the lessons for later. The clothes aren't going anywhere, but good mood runs away easily.
5. As often as possible, show yourself how to dress properly. Only if you have in your arsenal original method jump into a T-shirt through the heels, do not rush to show it to the child. He is still confused classical ways why fill his head with unnecessary knowledge. That's when he is completely comfortable and will dress automatically, like an adult, then teach him your tricks.
6. If the baby does not succeed in any way, then do everything in half. You one leg, he the other. You are the neck of the sweater, he is the sleeve. Even in confusion, praise and rejoice.
7. Let him help you in everything. Then, when dressing, you can resort to tricks: mom is so tired, she really needs your help. Come on, you try to dress yourself, and mommy will sit and look.

1. It takes at least 40-50 minutes for the baby to dress himself. Summer doesn't count.
2. The child will wake up earlier, and you yourself will be ready to lose an hour of sleep?

More advice. Allegedly, the offspring dresses many times faster if the mother is already dressed and is about to leave. It's even better when she's already out the door and waiting outside.

1. The method can work when the child knows how to dress, but does not want to.
2. Be prepared, returning to the house, to find a naked and crying offspring.

Motivate with sweets. For each properly worn piece of clothing - candy.

1. For overalls - obesity, for pantyhose - caries, for shoes - diabetes.
2. When sweets are constantly at hand, this is not a motive. The praise of parents and their sincere delight, this is the real motivation.
3. Toys are also not an option. Are you ready to buy a new toy for every sock?

Train constantly, hard and persistently.

1. What persistence? A child from the spirit of contradiction will stick both legs in one pant to spite you. And then feign offended innocence. Only patience is applicable to these little actors!
2. Constantly, it's not three hours without a break. This is only at the request of the child. Or interest him, then the desire will not keep you waiting.

If the child is naughty, then offer him a choice of several options for sets of clothes. Let him choose the one he likes best.

1. The method is good if you have these few kits.
2. Provide two, maximum three. Otherwise, it will take three hours to choose a child, and in the end, he will refuse everyone.

How to teach a child to dress independently? personal example, help and again patience. He will definitely learn, just prompt and motivate correctly.

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