Customer Reviews

Red Lace, Yellow Lace

5 star:		(24)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I was disappointed with this book and returned it. It teaches tying laces by making two loops and tying the loops together. I was looking for a book that taught the "one-loop, wrap around, push through" method.

On the plus side, it is a very sturdy book that would take much abuse from a small child.

After spending a few months trying to teach my then four year old how to tie her shoes (and succeeding only in frustrating her), her babysitter gave her this book as a gift. Within a week or two, she was tying her shoes perfectly! I like the books construction (it's a board book) and the model shoe and illustrations that teach shoe tying with a little catchy poem. The shoe model at the bottom of the book has one lace in it that is red on one end and yellow on the other and the different colors makes shoe tying easier for beginners. This book is now my "standard" gift to children turning four.

The book is a wonderful book, but the lace is not anchored to the book. Your toddler can pull it out and wrap it around his or her neck. Make sure you anchor it to the book (with glue or tape on the back)

My 4-year-old daughter practiced with this book for about two weeks and is now the only child in her class that can tie her own shoes. She is so proud of herself! I think this is a wonderful book, with an excellent use of rhyme to teach someone how to tie shoes. I would recommend it for any child who is ready to try to tie their shoes on their own.

The format is fine, the rhymes are fun. Unfortunately it teaches a completely different knot from the one I had in mind when I bought it. I was disappointed. I gave it a try anyway, but it didn't work out very well. The "rabbit ears" knot in the book is supposed to be easier for kids to learn, but my son didn't find it so.

I got this book for my daughter but it was hard for her to use the book on her own since she had to set down the strings to turn the page each time.

The pictures and rhyme and colored strings were helpful. I found another book that teaches the rocket method and the bunny ear method and doesn't require you to turn the page in between steps. Hopefully that will be easier.

My 5 year old had been trying to tie his shoes without sucess, and then we found this book. After reading the book, and practicing with the laces, he learned to tie his shoes in about 1 week. The colored laces seemed to make it easier for him to understand. We recomend it!

This is a wonderful book to teach your children to tie your shoes, my 5 year old son loves it and has learned to tie his shoes in a week! Will definately recommend this book to all my friends.

We purchased this book because our daughter is great at learning rhymes and we thought it would help her learn to tie her shoe. We were dissappointed that it teaches the "rabbit ears" knot, but even more dissappointed to find two of the illustrations out of sequence. That type of error make learning very difficult.

I ordered this book for my 4 year old daughter. We picked it up at the post office Saturday and she started practicing in the car on the way home. By the time we got home, she had already tied the laces twice! The different colored laces defintely help in the learning process.