Originally Posted by childcaremom:
a child should be dressing themselves? With little to no help from you? I realize that this will vary child to child but in a general sense?
I should clarify that I mean for outdoor play. We are into cooler weather so coats, hats, mitts and boots. I am thinking zippers, buttons, snaps on jackets.
By 2 kids here can do their jackets (neat trick I use is to have the child place the jacket so the tag/hood is near their toes, then put their arms in and flip it over their head. Takes about a day of practice but most "get it" pretty quick!) Boots, and hat. Mittens the twos need some help after getting one on to get the other. By 3, they can do both. Zippers/buttons etc it's anywhere between 3 and 4...that's been kind of random as to when they can do it. I try to practice/teach them to get themselves ready as early as possible!