Put Shoes on Correct Feet

“Do You Have Two Left-Feet?”

• Have your child select a pair of shoes from a pile of several.
• Encourage your child to sit on the floor or a chair as your child attempts to put on the shoes.
• Physically assist your child with placing the shoe on the appropriate foot if necessary.

• Lace each shoe from the pair with a different color shoelace (right shoe yellow lace, left shoe green lace).
• Place the same color sock on your child’s foot (yellow sock on right foot, green sock on left foot).
• Show your child to match the colored sock with the appropriate shoelace.
• Show your child the differences in the right and left shoes.
• Model placing shoes on the correct foot.
• Point to the right shoe and then to your child’s right foot.
• Remove the colored laces to see how your child does without the cue.