| Children with autism may have a difficult time | | | | colored shoelaces. Now, that is easy. |
| lacing their shoes, especially tennis shoes or dress | | | | This will give your child a visual colorful effect, so |
| shoes for young boys and men. This includes | | | | he or she, will not get mixed up with the pattern. |
| young girls and women also. This can be made | | | | A child with autism may not have good finger |
| into an easy task. | | | | coordination or the patience to stay focused with |
| Try to explain and show your child what the | | | | lacing shoelaces. |
| shoelaces are for and show them where the | | | | It will take patience and practice for your child |
| eyelets in the shoes are, explain in an easy, simple | | | | who is having a difficult time using shoelaces, to |
| way of how to lace the shoe strings through the | | | | lace shoes for it to become easy. If your child |
| eyelets of the shoes. | | | | becomes frustrated and wants to quit because |
| Most children with autism are visual individuals. | | | | the task seems overwhelming, then stop and |
| They seem to do better and learn by visual | | | | pursue it another time, when he or she is more |
| props. An excellent way of teaching to present | | | | relaxed or can handle lacing his or her shoes with |
| this idea of lacing shoelaces, is to make it easy, is, | | | | a shoelace, to make it easy. |
| you could use a larger shoe to demonstrate the | | | | Another excellent way to demonstrate how to |
| method for lacing shoes, as a prop. | | | | lace shoes with shoelaces, to help your child with |
| If the shoe is an old shoe and you have no use | | | | the disorder of autism, is to use puppets as |
| for it, you could be creative and spray paint it | | | | characters to show your child how to lace and tie |
| with colorful spray paint that is not toxic. Let it | | | | his or her shoes. This will also make it easy for |
| dry and then explain the method, as you show | | | | them to understand and it is visual. |
| your child how to lace his or her shoes. | | | | Make it a fun visual game. Learning to lace shoes |
| Another creative idea you might want to put in | | | | with shoestrings develops coordination, dexterity, |
| motion, is to purchase some colorful shoe laces. | | | | visual movement and it helps your child to |
| Have each shoelace a different color for each | | | | understand the importance of caring for his or her |
| shoe and each side of the eyelets, so your child | | | | shoes, when they wear them. This can be made |
| will be able to see the crisscross pattern of the | | | | into an easy task. |
| lacing and the lacing of the shoestring. For | | | | Make it a fun task and be creative. Never devalue |
| example, you have one shoe with a red shoelace | | | | your child if there is a struggle lacing his or her |
| and a yellow one, the other shoe with a green | | | | shoes. It will become easy as time goes along. |
| and purple shoelace, so each shoe has 2 different | | | | |