MONTESSORI AT HOME: Getting Dressed Independently

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MONTESSORI AT HOME: GETTING DRESSED INDEPENDENTLY // Learn how to help your toddler become more proficient at dressing themselves using a Montessori approach.
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[@anakapur6688]

Turn the child around.. so simple and so obvious once I've heard it! Your tips are so helpful and actionable because they come from your hands-on experience. Thanks Ashley!

[@Jane-qg4jr]

I started with the undressing. She helped putting out the arms and pull the shirt over her head. Now with 18 months she is able to get into her pants. Tights are to difficult but she tries with socks. When she couldn't get any further she handed them to me and says "mama".

[@themcnears]

It's wonderful how great you are at explaining each montessori method. As a Montessori Directress I adore watching your video and it makes me so happy knowing you're sharing this education style in such an accessible way.

[@HapaFamily]

Thank you!! 🥰🙏🏻

[@saralanguay6055]

In our family we taught putting a shirt on from inside-out first, its way easier! Aim the tag at the back of your neck and stick your head in the hole. The rest sorts itself out! That might be easier for Kylie :)

[@Meyli1]

I've also found that having some clothing out with toys encourages them to play/practice (teacher here - though not strict montessori) In my classroom we'll often have spare socks, shoes, hats, and vests out for playing. Not necessarily 'dress up' things, just normal clothes. Some kids are very interested and will practice with putting on/taking off often. Others don't really care, but its nice to have them as an option, just like other materials/toys. And I don't personally make a fuss if they take off clothing while indoors. They are learning. I offer to help get things back on if necessary before we go outside, otherwise I don't see it as a battle worth fighting.

[@loriherrington393]

We are starting to teach my daughter who is close to 4 but due to autism she is closer to 2 developmentally. So I am doing some of the Montessori stuff I see you post. Love it. Thank you.

[@camilatagle]

I was just looking a comment like this, because my daughter is 3.5 and she just learned to take off loose clothes, socks and shoes. But putting on clothes is hard! A friend recommended the Montessori way of dressing, but didn’t know if it worked with autistic kids

[@megannicole1892]

This is my style of parenting and I had no idea that it was an actual thing. I always have explained everything to my son, things were doing, and talking to him about why he shouldn’t do something and give ideas on what he could do. Every time I change him, I lay outfits out and allow him to make the decision on what he wants to wear. I allow him to do what he wants but with guidance if that makes sense.

[@purpic77]

Perfectly timed. My nearly 2 year old daughter has just started wanting to dress herself. Great ideas and tips. I’m definitely going to have to sit on my hands!

[@christinavillatoro7164]

Thank you for being so helpful and lovely! My son is turning two next week, it makes me so happy to see him growing more independent. Thank you again for all the information you share, it’s helped me understand how to assist my son in developing!

[@homegrownchildmindingsenmu7552]

This really is a great video Ashley, im revisiting it this morning as a refresher for our daughter with additional needs and development delays. Her occupational therapist has set her some helping with getting dressed, therapy plans and targets. Thank you for the great content your doing 👍😊

[@allisonlian8112]

Thank you Ashley for these tips, as always 😊❤️

[@kristadrysdale415]

I was a nanny this summer to 2 siblings, the younger one having a hard time even at age 6. the older one would get dressed at the same time and demonstrate how to do things!

[@BMoll87]

My 18 months old is already pushing through her arms into her sleeves for a few months now, but recently she also lifts her legs and feet when I put pants, socks or shoes on! I’ll try to dress her in the back to belly position now to help her along! Thanks for the great advice - once again! 🖤

[@wongjen5]

Love your videos! They are so helpful ❤️

[@valexiz]

Oh I love your little phrase, I’m going to use that with my 19 month old...thank you!

[@swatipai168]

Good timing. Your videos are amazing.

[@berrypatch5583]

Great tips! I love the Sprout line of furniture...it is beautiful.

[@amandalashley3819]

My boys just turned two, they still don't show much interest in dressing themselves but they get downright giddy about undressing themselves. We've been practicing the coat flip now too.

[@gabriellapeebles1660]

I’m going to be having my second child this April and I would love if you could do a video sharing how to implicate the Montessori parenting style for the first 12 months.

[@alliemackenzie1575]

Wow! I LOVE the concrete cues to look for- noise "ugh!" and making eye contact. So helpful!! I subscribed three minutes in (:

[@cinland86]

Another great video Ashley! You are amazing!! Thank you!!!

[@halliejean4493]

I love your videos! Thank you for all the wonderful content and please keep it up! I am due with our first child in January and I’m soaking in as much as I can before baby comes. We were introduced to Sprout because of you and bought the floor bed with plans of buying more pieces in the future. I have also been using your amazon shop for our baby registry. So, thank you! Happy Holidays!

[@HapaFamily]

Congrats!! Soo close! Thank you so much! And you too!

[@16december]

My daycare teacher took my husband aside when he was picking up our sons and told my husband that my almost 4 year old (in few months) cannot dress himself and that he is behind when compared to the other kids. I have been trying to encourage independence but it just sometimes dont work out with our busy family. It makes me sad. I feel like I have done everything I could and still not enough, that I need to do more🙁

[@mmmazayyy]

You're a parenting and education encyclopedia thank you for all your hard work!!

[@indigokind9152]

Ashley thank you so much for your resources and valuable information on Montessori living . I’m learning so much from you . My daughter will be 6 months on Christmas Day and she is meeting all her milestones to start baby led weaning. I have watched all your videos and I am ready ❣️❣️❣️

[@SandySaysYT]

These are some great tip! Thanks for the video 💕💕

[@shannonperez3779]

your videos are so helpful:) thank you!

[@jns1930]

This advice is great! I will try it with my son. 😊

[@libertyshull5690]

Thank you so much for this. I like how you have explained everything in detail.

[@tunneleddiscovery5]

Thank you so much. I was on the verge of buying from Sprouts and paused to watch your videos (how I originally found them). 3 videos into my binge watching I find this video with a discount code. Coincidence... I think not. (I play your videos on a loop for encouragement.. thank you for your amazing and motivating content)

[@kellherman]

My 4 year old daughter knows how to get dressed by herself. For a few days she would come up to my room in the morning already fully dressed. However, most of the time, she tells me she'd rather I dress her. How do I encourage her to do it on her own? I've been saying "I want to see you try first". Is there a better way to encourage her? Or should I just help her until she declares she wants to do it on her own? Thank you!! I love your videos!

[@HapaFamily]

I would help whenever she requests for now, you never know why she’s asking (might just be seeking the one on one connection time). Eventually she won’t want your help anymore. It’s kind of like how we know how to cook dinner, but sometimes it’s nice to have someone do it for us! 🥰👍🏻

[@alishaberrey4479]

One thing that's helped me is giving her a starting instruction. Like, "Try taking your shirt off." Usually that's all she needs and she does it herself.

[@elitsalazarova2573]

Loved the video! ❤️🎈

[@inaayahanwar5843]

I have alway been interested in the Montessori theory’s of child development such a natural objects / furniture and natural self didactic educational toys. Fantastic ideology!!! I believe these tips will work a treat! 👍👍 from UK 🇬🇧

[@diverstalent]

Love this!

[@jodiroseallan9160]

You would sooo suit shoulder length hair! I have long hair too and its been a huge part of my identity I'm so scared to cut it

[@yuwang9931]

Hi Ashley, I think you’ve mentioned where you got the step tower in your previous vlogs. Can you share again where you got it? I’d like to get one for my daughter who is 19 months and has been fighting the step stool with her older brother ;)

[@teodorapolgar]

Love your videos. I am trying to catch up and watch one every day. My baby is 8 months now. I would find it very usefull if you could make a playlist of your videos to watch in order of baby growth (does that make sense? Like... How you did with activities for age groups, but for all the videos... ). I get very excited about a lot of ideas only to realise I can't implement them yet. It's good knowledge to come back to, but I'm afraid I will miss some and watch them when my baby is over that phase... Anyway, thank you lots and lots for your videos. Hugs from Romania

[@gabriellapeebles1660]

Ooh can you do some meal ideas and frozen meat ideas PLEASEEEE !!! I love your videos so much♥️

[@wybie3640]

What are your thoughts on homeschooling ? Thank you for these videos :)

[@alishaberrey4479]

I bought a Rubbermaid dresser (plastic with 3 drawers) for most clothes and adjustable/portable clothes rack to go over. Her clothes are getting a little too long as well. Im going to look into this. What age or child size would this go to?

[@jessicasujohnson]

Do you have a preference between a top/bottom(pant) outfit vs. a dress for your girls, either Montessori-speaking or otherwise? We’ve dressed my 22 mo. old girl in pants/shorts - but lately I’ve been considering a more dress dominant wardrobe, but trying to learn about how dresses might impact self-dressing activities, her physical movement (do dresses get in the way of all the climbing and tumbling toddlers like to do), and potty learning. Any thoughts?

[@veggieenthusiast796]

Where did you get the baskets that fit into the wardrobe?

[@deonnwu4589]

Hi what’s the model of baby monitor that you use?

[@sreelakshmyb369]

Have you made a tutorial for dancer's mobile?

[@Life_by_valentina]

I love the Montessori method, but it is difficult when your child is not as healthy as a 'normal' child is. For example, my daughter is 20 months old, she already survived cancer, 4 rounds of chemotherapy and a surgery. She gets her food via a feeding tube, vastened on her cheek. So letting her get her shirt on is not an option because of the chance she could rip the bandage off her cheek. The same with potty training, because of her surgery we don't know if she can control her bowels (it could take a couple of months to recover).. so the age is there, but the situation does not really alow it. It is very frustrating for a parent to ' miss' all those marks that you should utilize on according to Montessori.. But nontheless, I learn a lot from your video's, thank you for all your work!

[@marie-louiseweerheim4224]

Your daughter went through a lot and so did you! My daughter is just a bit older... I can't even imagine walking in your shoes. I can see how missing the marks can be difficult for you. But I think following the pace and interests of your child is more important than following a certain method. The Montesori method seems to be quiet early with teaching your child independence...and that's just not always possible. I hope your girl will be well and you both will enjoy playing together and learning new things.

[@normal4810]

I’m unsure of fine motor movements at 20 months as I’m not a parent, but perhaps somewhere down the line if she expresses the desire to dress herself, to convert some button-up shirts into Velcro-up?

[@Life_by_valentina]

@@normal4810 that is a good idea 😀 thank you

[@Life_by_valentina]

@@marie-louiseweerheim4224 thank you for your wishes, it is very kind! I try to remind myself every day that it is okay that we do it at our own pace, it is just hard sometimes when you see the reminders daily of how she could do things sooner or different. But you are absolutely right, watching your child and her needs is the most important thing

[@HapaFamily]

I couldn’t have responded better than you just did. Well spoken, and I totally agree! 💕

[@lovelypastelpuppy1640]

Your family is so beautiful. 💕And I love Taiwan. 🇹🇼💙🙇🏻‍♀️

[@sandraascanio5188]

Hey Ashley, what would you advise me to do with my toddler to interest her into potty trainning. She just turned 3 years old and doesn't seem very keen on it yet, but we have tried in the passed month and even though there was some reluctancy on seating at the potty, we had the typical accidents but also some successes but then we both got too stressed and I decided to stop it. When should I continue and how should I know she is willing to cooperate? Heeeelppp please

[@kait1291]

This video was so perfectly timed. My 15 month old has shown interest in trying to clothe herself. She has figured out how to put hats/headbands on. The "tag on the ground" suggestion for pants was great! Thank you for such practical ways of help children explore their interests.

[@lauriewromar5478]

I can’t imagine having my child face me getting dressed! I don’t think I’d be able to without really focusing. I’ve always had her back to me.

[@zsuzsiwittmann]

My 17 months old is very interested in everything that he can do by himself, except dressing. He knows how to put his arms into shirts, where should his head go, he can put his legs into pants while sitting etc. but most of the days, he doesn't want to dress at all, usually he runs away. Do you have any suggestions? I don't want to pester him to try to dress himself, but I should think he would enjoy more the whole process, if he would do it (this is definitely the case with diaper change). If there is no need to dress, he is happy to experiment with socks and shirts, so I don't understand. I can dress him while running after him (mostly and not without annoyance), but it's not something that we should keep in our daily rutine. I've started to introduce montessori in our life a couple of months ago, so I don't have much practice in this (also first child) I would really appreciate your thoughts on this!

[@felucca]

Read the title as "Getting Depressed Independently" and was like yeah ok I can do that

[@helendawson8602]

I need advice for a 27 m o who doesn't want to try to do anything for himself. were doing quite well with potty learning - but even then he wants me to pull his trousers up and down.

[@MoonlitMemories]

We're just hitting this phase now. I thought it interesting that you brought up little rhyms and sayings to help them remember the process. The military does the same thing in boot camp/basic training to teach new recruits basic military knowledge in skills. We call them diddies, and they are terrifyingly effective.

[@likethecolorgreen]

My struggle is getting mine to understand how to put on dresses 👗 and shirts 👚. She mostly understands socks 🧦 , skirts, shoes 👟 , hats 👒 , pants 👖 and pull ups 🩲 and underwear 🩲. She still puts socks 🧦 , underwear 🩲 , pants 👖, shoes 👟, skirts and pull ups 🩲 on backwards but she still has it mostly down.

[@ayeshajamil6023]

My 3.5 years old daughter stoped every coprate on after second baby what should i do?she wears her dress by her own but now she is becoming stubborn and ask me to do every thing for her

[@allisonm7223]

Or you could be like me and your 16 year old son still can’t pick out clothes on his own. I’m doing things so different this time around with baby.

[@nadjakari1752]

Hey Ashley! Thank you for your videos! I would like to know what’s your opinion ( and maybe montessori general belief) about wearing your baby. Using those baby wraps, slings and etc. if you could talk about it, I’d be really happy. I got one to use with my ( soon to be) newborn while I work from home, but the more I see your videos, the more I think about the need for discovery, exploration and everything could not be met like that. Though I don’t know for how long it could be good. I won’t have maternity leave and I work from home on my computer. thank you :D

[@raftingpeacefully9740]

Definitely try the wrap. Once you get used to wearing her all the time you can breast-feed and work on the computer to load the dishwasher while baby is hugging you.

[@nicolelambright1179]

I also work from home with my daughter (now 16 months) initially they sleep a lot, so I had a small bassinet next to my desk where she could sleep while I was working or sometimes I would carry her. Other times I would just spread out her floor mat and let her lay there next to me, talking to her occasionally. She spent a good amount of time just doing her own thing even before she could move much, and maybe because of that, she's always been very content to entertain herself.

[@jacquelinestevens3638]

My problem is that my son doesn't want to wear clothes. Puting clothes on is a struggle because he just doesn't want to wear them. Any advice?

[@luciana5768]

Can you write the phrase of the steps for me on comment here please?

[@blank_notyou]

She's 11 months old and trying to get socks and shirts on and SOOO frustrated. She's been trying to get tops over her head for 2 months. She can get socks off but doesn't understand the sock-opening part

[@wongjen5]

What do you do if your child refuse to get dress when they have to do it themselves?

[@HapaFamily]

There shouldn’t ever really be a time when “they have to” do it alone, in my opinion. If they want help and they politely request it, there is no real, respectful reason out there not to help. 😊👍🏻

[@ana.catarina]

❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ❤️❤️ ...

[@euricanete4499]

Lol my lil 1 was like that till she started school 😒

[@littlewoman7521]

***SUPER VIDÉO! BISOUS DE FRANCE! :)***

[@samanthakwait8782]

My 19 month old is trying to put socks and shoes on but no clothes

[@zoel9689]

It’s funny. I so wanted to see this video few months back. By the time it came out, my little one learnt how to dress herself...a little bit. The problem I found these days is...she’s too independent that she doesn’t want our help..at all...when she’s washing her hands or climbing up the stairs, she doesn’t want me by her side and she would push me away. Is it normal or am I thinking too much?

[@rmartin3858]

Love the idea. But I'll have to look into making my own. This wardrobe went from $180 in this video to $349 presently 😳 noooo thank you.

[@crystalpereyra2348]

Quick question with the dresser. My daughter is 14 months. Should I put all her clothes out for her to access or should i just put a couple outfit choices for her to choose from. This is mostly just to figure her not pulling everything out and playing with it. Also, when they do start pulling everything out and playing with it how do you respond to let them know it's not a toy but still want them to be involved.

[@crystalpereyra2348]

She has been showing signs of wanting to dress her self at 13 months.

[@nicolelambright1179]

Let me know if you figure this one out. My daughter is 16 months and loves pulling out her clothes and will even bring them to me, but does not care about getting dressed or putting anything back.

[@yashodamendiratta4034]

I am in class 4. When I was in class 2 I learned to get dressed without any help. Nobody told me how to get dressed.

[@simplelivingwithstephaniec6081]

I have a boy named aiden he just turned two 12,17.19 . and since hes been one tears old he doesn't like cloths he takes them off every 5 min. I cant get him to wear anything. I dont know if its just him being boy or what. Any advise

[@taylorsheppard8686]

This sounds like a sensory difference to me. You might mention it to his pediatrician.

[@marioponce29]

My gfs daughter is turning 7 next week and doesnt know to to dress herself

[@IntelligentEating]

Get dressed like getting out of a burning house

[@LiftZachary]

My stupid father says 11 is the right age

[@LiftZachary]

Years

[@dapeachmode]

Too much talking. Show us so my daughter can see another little girl like her doing it too.

[@benetteyatestatees7313]

You talk too much. Just show the process how. I want to see how your kid goes through the process of putting her shoes or socks on. I want to see how you encourage her to do it correctly.

[@mrbqkc]

You comment too much 😑