The FAST + EASY WAY To Tie Your Shoes Story

The FAST + EASY WAY To Tie Your Shoes {Great For Kids!}

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Learn the easiest way to teach your child how to tie shoes.

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When my daughter was about to start first grade, I realized she didn’t know how to tie her shoes.

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I guess since I’d taught four kids to tie shoes already I just assumed I’d taught them all, but nope, my youngest kid just got her first pair of non-velcro shoes and didn’t know what the heck to do with them.

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Now, my oldest kid has always tied his shoes in a crazy fast way that I’ve never seen anyone else do.

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I asked him to teach his little sister how to do it and ten minutes later, she was a shoe tying queen.

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Now, maybe your kids all know how to tie shoes, but some kids struggle with the whole “make a bunny ear and loop around it” approach.

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In my opinion, this method of tying shoes is quite a bit easier than the bunny ear approach, and it’s lightning fast.

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Swipe up to watch the step by step video to see how it’s done!

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