Dressing Frames: Lacing, Bow Tying, and Safety Pin

Presentation

1
Invite the child and carry the bow-tying frame to a table.
2
Untie each bow from top to bottom by pulling one loose end. Open the flaps.
3
Close the flaps. At the top pair, cross the ribbons, tuck one under, and pull both ends to make a knot.
4
Make a loop with the left ribbon and hold it. Wrap the right ribbon around the loop and push it through the hole to make a second loop. This step is the difficulty isolated here; show it slowly twice.
5
Pull both loops outward to tighten the bow. Continue down the frame.
6
Invite the child to try, one bow at a time.
7
On other days, present lacing (crisscross from bottom to top through each pair of eyelets) and the safety-pin frame (open the pin away from the body, push the point through both layers, close it into the clasp).

The two-colored ribbons show which end went where; a bow that is not tight comes undone when pulled.

Safety pins: present one-to-one and keep the frame on a shelf for older children.