Comments on: Coats

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:59:33 +0000

My three year old boy is very resistant to dressing himself. He goes to Montessori. Many days he comes home with his pants pulled up, but not snapped or zipped up. Well, he is only three, and may have problems with that. Right now he is independently ignoring it.

I hope this does not bode poorly for his future school performance.

By: kate

kate — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:23:28 +0000

Well, indeed, that ‘cute’ anecdote gave you exactly the right ‘feel’ for her child, didn’t it? Oy.

Yes i love that coat trick! Chloe is very proud of it.

By: MomOnTheGo

MomOnTheGo — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:49:24 +0000

They call the coat more the “fliparoo” at my daughter’s daycare - not Montessori but 15 kids 1.5-2.5 in a class with 3 teachers. I was much impressed when she first showed me. They also taught them to face a wall and lean against it to but their boots on. How proud kids are to do things themselves! Why would parents deny them this justifiable pride? It’s slower at times but oh, so worth it.

By: jewess

jewess — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:43:40 +0000

Oh my god, you just brought me back! I went to Montessori and completely forgot about the ‘coat trick.’ I’m going to try it today after work

Thanks!

By: Emilin

Emilin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:12:27 +0000

I used to put my own coat on that way. We’ve tried with Sanna a few times, but she’s always ended up with her coat upside down and over her face. I think it would be helpful for her to see other children doing it.

By: cass

cass — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:16:23 +0000

Stacie - Funny enough, J lived (I think) right near you guys for a few years growing up, so I guess it would be plausible. But sadly unlikely.

By: Stacie

Stacie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:26:54 +0000

Oh, and I’ll note that you could NOT fail my Latin 1 class without really just not trying at all. 30% of your grade was a dippy project for which I rarely gave lower than a C; if you failed a test you could correct all your mistakes and I would give you a 60 which was passing, albeit barely. And since I went over the test in class all you had to do was sit there and fill in the right answers. And, of course, 10% of the grade was effort/participation.

By: Stacie

Stacie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:23:42 +0000

I am MUCH too lazy to put on my kids’ coats for 5 years.

By: CableGirl

CableGirl — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:19:19 +0000

Seriously, who allows their kid to get away with being so lazy and dependent…. I mean, your student’s mother, not you of course. lol

By: Stacie

Stacie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:02:49 +0000

Kelly — Good luck.

Cass — You could always move here…

I used to want to ask certain parents to write out their parenting tips. Some of them would be to follow and some to avoid.