Originally posted by LittleD
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Day one you get his shoes and hold his hand to sit down and set his shoes down, stay near him to give him verbal cues and physical help etc. By day three or four (depending on his progress) have him get his own shoes, have him sit at the same spot himself, stand near him for verbal cues and offer less physical help etc. Rinse and repeat.
Make sure that he understands that he can't play until he gets his shoes on. My 1 1/2 year old attempts to put his own shoes on already so I see no reason why a 3yo wouldn't be able to at least try unless
a. Mom and dad do everything for him at home
b. there's some sort of disability
If you want to bring it up to DCM I would say someting like "Hey Sue, We've been working on attempting to put our shoes on by ourselves for a few weeks now. Johny is really a wonderful kid and is really involved with trying to do what the other kids are doing and so far I've seen almost no progress in his ability to get his shoes on by himself and so I thought I'd bring it to your attention. How is he with this at home? (wait for answer). I'll keep working with him here of course and give you another progress update in a few weeks but I just wanted to bring it to your attention." Smile.
If mom or dad are doing things for him maybe they'll start letting him try it at home more on his own if you bring it up. Asking the how he does at home will give you a window to see whether they even let him try to put his own shoes on or not.
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