Comments on: Teaching Tweens How to Tie a Tie https://educationpossible.com/teaching-kids-life-skills-how-to-tie-a-necktie/ Enjoying the Middle School Years at Home Wed, 06 Jul 2022 02:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.10 By: Finishing Strong #101 - Our Winner is Announced! https://educationpossible.com/teaching-kids-life-skills-how-to-tie-a-necktie/#comment-33696 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:42:05 +0000 https://educationpossible.com/?p=4161#comment-33696 […] choose to homeschool or utilize a brick and mortar school. I thereby really enjoyed Susan’s Teaching Kids Life Skills: How to Tie a Necktie at Education Possible this past week. It is a great reminder that even the little things are […]

]]> By: Natalie @AfterschoolForSmartyPants https://educationpossible.com/teaching-kids-life-skills-how-to-tie-a-necktie/#comment-8153 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:22:29 +0000 https://educationpossible.com/?p=4161#comment-8153 I admit that I don’t know how to tie a necktie either 🙂 I am so with you on teaching our kids useful life skills. Thanks for sharing with After School Link Up!

]]> By: Yuliya https://educationpossible.com/teaching-kids-life-skills-how-to-tie-a-necktie/#comment-7962 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:45:50 +0000 https://educationpossible.com/?p=4161#comment-7962 It’s great that you are working on teaching your son life skills. That was always something I felt was lacking in my upbringing. I realised I couldn’t cook a meal when I went to study abroad, found myself living in a flat in Brussels, and having no idea how to actually make … anything. I learned very quickly, and I love cooking now, but I wish that my parents had spent more time encouraging me how to learn to take care of myself, especially with regards to finances. My husband and I are of course figuring these things out on our own, but a little background wouldn’t hurt, you know?

My son is only 18 months old, but I’m already finding that I can really start teaching him life skills. We practice getting dressed. If I’m folding laundry, he usually grabs an article of his own clothing and tries to put it on. He also helps me hang laundry on our drying rack, take laundry out of the washing machine, cooking (mixing or adding ingredients, especially to doughs), and vacuuming. He loves the vacuum, so I let him have a go before finishing off the job. I hope he continues to show an interest in things like this as he gets older (even though I doubt it). I will however make sure that he knows how to take care of himself/a home/finances as he gets older.

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