OT Corner: When Can Kids Learn to Button and Zip?

25th July, 2023

28 July 2023, Article, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: This article was written for parents and guardians and would be an excellent share with your clients’s caregivers.

[Source: Mama OT]

It’s raining cats and dogs and you’re rushing to get the kids out the door.

Your 8-year-old throws on her coat while quickly zipping and snapping it up.

Your 4-year-old struggles and struggles and FINALLY gets his coat on with his arms in the right holes.

He makes a few half-hearted attempts at hooking the two sides of his zipper together but the zipper tab keeps getting stuck.

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