One, two buckle my shoe

We've been practicing how to tie a shoelace most mornings prior to leaving for school.  Having him practice on one of my running shoes since it has longer laces and it's easier for him to see.
It is amazing how trivial it is to tie a shoe, but for a little person still using velcro it is amazingly complex.

But I managed to break it down to something he can remember.

With a lace in each hand, choose one to cross over the other and do the following:
Over - Under - Loop - Loop - Over - Under - Pull the loops.

This helps him to remember what he needs to do to with the laces and the order in which to do it.

Kieran, tied his first shoe this week.  He did it once, and when I asked him to do it again to take a pic, it was almost right, but he's getting there.

Soon he'll be graduating from velcro to laces.
And when we get old...we'll be going back to velcro.
Dust to dust, velcro to velcro.