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Tying Shoes
Developmental Milestones

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Updated July 23, 2007

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A photo of a child getting his shoes tied for him, a developmental milestone that most kids should reach once they are about five years old.

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A Child Getting His Shoes Tied

A Child Getting His Shoes Tied

Photo (c) Steve Rabin
Although in this day of Velcro shoes and Crocs, it may seem like your child may never need to learn how to tie his own shoes, most kids learn by about age five years.



Sources:

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Linguistic and auditory milestones during the first two years of life: a language inventory for the practitioner. Capute AJ - Clin Pediatr (Phila) - 01-NOV-1978; 17(11): 847-53

Clinical linguistic and auditory milestone scale: prediction of cognition in infancy. Capute AJ - Dev Med Child Neurol - 01-DEC-1986; 28(6): 762-71

The Denver Developmental Assessment (Denver II)

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