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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Make your own shoe!

As mentioned in the previous blog, my kids learn tying shoelaces at the tabletop first.
I usually make a paper (cardboard) shoe and have my kids decorate their own shoe.  
"Let's become a shoe designer!" "Make your shoe unique and special." 
After they make a shoe, they practice tying shoelaces on their shoe.  Then they take it home.

Make a pattern. I need many of those for all of my kids.  You can have your child draw the pattern.  It does not have to be the shape that I show here.  You can be creative with the shapes of the shoe.

Cut the pattern.  Be careful with cutting if you're using the cardboard.  I wouldn't let my kids to cut the cardboard for safety.  Safety comes first all the time!!

Do they look like shoes yet? I usually don't make the difference between left or right side of the shoes.  But it doesn't mean that you can't do it.  You can do whatever you want to do with your own shoe.  You can draw your toes to make your chid learn the left and right side of his/her feet.

Make dots for shoelace.  I usually make six holes for 40" long shoelace.  If the shoelace is longer than 40", then you need to make more holes on the shoe. 

Puncture right on the dots.  You can use a pen or any sharpy object to make holes.  I wouldn't use the hole puncher.
I want to make the holes small, so they can trap the shoelace tight.




















Does it look like a shoe now? Make your shoelace even on each side.  Now you can make a mark on each string for extra visual cues.  As I showed you in the previous blog (Tie you shoes: Break down into simple steps on 02/26/15), I make a dot on one string with a marker and put a piece of tape around on the other side.

This picture shows extra visual cues for making the first knot.  Make an "X" on the red x mark. Then pick up the bottom string and bring it in and out.  Follow the green arrow.  

Fun Learning and Fun Teaching~!
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