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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Tying Shoes {updated}

We have a 5 year old in our house.  We're all tired of tying shoes and he wasn't getting the usual way of tying and I personally hate the "bunny ear" method.  Plus I have no idea how I taught my daughter to tie her shoes when she was 3...  So I did a little research and ended up on YouTube watching some very good ways to tie.  One had you use a permanent marker to mark the laces to show them where to pinch them together and to put a knot in the other lace so that they would know which lace to pull.  I was just about to get out the markers when I ran across the following videos.  It took me a couple of tries to get it, and the 5 year old had success on his second try and then got frustrated.  So we are taking a break until it's time to get our shoes back on to go out.  I hope you like this neat new way to tie shoes. :)

I would edit the very first part where it says to start in the usual way with X-ing the laces and going through the bottom of the X with one of the laces and pull tight.  It's easier for kids if they go through the bottom of the X with one of the laces TWO TIMES and then pull tight.  Then the shoe stays tight while they finish tying.  Good luck.

UPDATE
They have removed the videos I had previously posted, so here's a website with the same method. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

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