Dressing

Learning to get dressed builds your child’s confidence and independence and gives your child a sense of achievement. And once your child can dress himself, helping him get dressed is one less thing for you to do.

Also, getting dressed helps your child develop many other skills, including:

• fine motor skills as she learns to fasten buttons and zips

• gross motor skills as she stands on one leg to pull on a pair of pants

• cognitive skills as she remembers which bits of clothing go on first, and builds the patience and attention to finish the task

• language as she names types of clothes, colours and sizes

• awareness of time and space as she learns to dress for certain occasions and weather conditions.

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