#1 Take care of themselves in the bathroom. No help wiping allowed! I mean really, what teacher or para-educator wants to deal with some other kids tushy!
#2 Be able to tie there own shoes or if not able to then have the parental buy Velcro for goodness sake! Andrew outgrew his shoes this week and we went to the store to go and find him some. Eric and I came to the agreement that we would give independent shoe tying a try this summer in hopes that he would be able to do it by the time school started. Andrew has always had amazing hand/eye coordination and finger dexterity. Beyond his age level normally so we figured that shoe tying wouldn't be beyond his skill set. Boy were we right! After only 3 days of working with him Andrew can now officially tie his own shoes!
I am very proud of him and I know that all adults he comes into contact with will appreciate it next year as well.My mom works at an elementary school and her rule on shoe tying is that if you are in kindergarten you get a free pass. First graders and older must go and find a friend or figure it out! No worries for Andrew on that front at least!
2 comments:
Hooray for Andrew!!! I am in total agreement with the shoe tying policy. There was a girl on Gillian's softball team last year who couldn't (or wouldn't) tye her own cleats.
That is ridiculous! I wonder which one it was though. Couldn't? or Wouldn't?
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