How to Teach a Child to Use Buttons

Tip 1 - 7 Tips from an Occupational Therapist on Teaching Kids Basic Self-Care Skills

An occupational therapist shares some tricks of the trade for helping kids master age-appropriate self-care tasks like dressing themselves, using zippers and buttons, tying their own shoes, and using a knife and fork.
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Tip 2 - How to Teach a Child to Use Buttons | eHow

Learning to button and unbutton clothing can be a challenging skill that children must practice regularly before mastering. Organize simple and engaging activities for your child that will assist with strengthening his fine-motor development, eye-hand coordination and hand muscle growth. As your child grows older, provide a variety of toys and...

Tip 3 - How to Teach Your Child How to Button Her Pants

Although toddlers begin learning how to dress themselves around age 2, typically they don't gain enough coordination to button their own pants until age 3. Don't be surprised if your child ...

Tip 4 - Teaching Kids To Dress Themselves

9 easy ways to show your kids how to get dressed on their ownBy Kristen Bellstorm and Teri Cettina

Tip 5 - Teach Your Child to Button-Montessori Inspired - Cornerstone Confessions

I’ve been wanting to teach Peanut how to button her clothes but have been unsure exactly how to go about it.  I’ve seen button boards and we even have a quiet book with a button page but nothing really sparked her interest.  So, I decided to try something different. I got one of my old [continue reading...]