LEARNING TO GET DRESSED : WHY ITS IMPORTANT FOR KIDS

Learning to get dressed: why it’s important

Getting dressed is an important skill for your child to learn.

Being able to dress themselves is good for your child’s confidence, independence and self-expression. And once your child can dress themselves, helping them get dressed is one less thing for you to do.

Also, getting dressed helps your child develop many other skills. These include:

• fine motor skills – for example, by fastening buttons and zips
• gross motor skills – for example, by standing on one leg to pull on a pair of pants
• cognitive skills – for example, by remembering which clothes go on first and concentrating on getting the task done
• language skills – for example, by naming types of clothes, colours and sizes
• awareness of time and space – for example, by dressing for different occasions and weather conditions.