Nursery World - Home Learning: Dressing Skills

Parents can play an important part in helping children learn to
dress, but how might settings support them in this? Penny Tassoni offers
some suggestions to help smooth the process.

Learning to dress is one of those skills where parents can play an important part in helping their child. It takes several years of practice before children will crack dressing and be fairly fast at it. Being able to cope with dressing is important for children who are due to start school and it is also an aspect of learning and development with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

Unfortunately, the importance of children learning to dress is not always valued by some parents who may not realise just how important it is for children to master. They may also not be aware of some of the wider benefits that being able to dress gives a child, such as balance, co-ordination and motor movements.

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