How to Tie Shoelaces with Jordan Luka 5 Basketball Shoes

"Montessori education encourages children to pursue issues that fascinate them, allowing more general learning to accrue through pursuit of those individual interests. One role of the teacher is to connect the child to various areas of the curriculum through the child's personal interests. Thus the teacher ensures that the child's education is broad despite personal interest being an important engine."

- Angeline Stoll Lillard

Grab your favorite kicks, because we're gonna show you how to tie shoelaces. We'll also show you a fun way to include your sneakers in your language lessons. That's right! Learning how to tie your shoes can help you score points in more than one subject.

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• Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius
• Montessori Prefixes Lesson
• How to Inflate a Basketball
• How to Tie Shoelaces
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• How to Tie Shoelaces
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Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius

In Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, Angeline Stoll Lillard discusses the role of interest in Montessori education compared to conventional schooling:

For example, a child who is obsessed with frogs can obviously learn about biology through frogs. More generally, though, the child can also learn how to find information for - and write - a report, can practice penmanship, spelling, and punctuation, and can develop skill at realistic drawing. The child might also use frogs as a springboard to study sound (beginning with croaking) or adaptation (how different species of frogs have adapted to different biomes).

In conventional schooling, in contrast, personal interests are rarely allowed to direct children's learning. The teacher usually gives the entire class the same assignment, be it to read and write a paper on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or to do problems 10 to 20 on page 98 of the math text. Interest researchers often lament the impossibility of incorporating their findings in conventional schools.

For example, the psychologist Suzanne Hidi wrote, 'identifying and using individual interests to promote subject-matter learning could prove to be a time and effort consuming task for teachers...few teachers have the time needed to individualize efficiently enough to profoundly affect learning.'

Since you're here and focused on how to tie your shoes, you may as well think about including a prefixes lesson.

Montessori Prefixes Lesson

Prefixes are letters added to the beginning of words to make new words with different meanings. Prefixes can't stand alone.

Wanna see them in action? Just tie your favorite sneakers...and then untie them. And just when you think you're done with the lesson, you're going to retie them.

After you've tied your shoes, explore more prefixes and their meanings. Because once you understand prefixes, you have a bouquet of words to share with others.

This lesson and the printables are from Montessori Tube Academy's Inclusive Club. The wooden letters are from Alison's Montessori.

How to Tie Shoelaces

Equipment

• Sneakers - any sneakers made for lacing will work. We wear Luka Dončić, LeBron James, and Michael Jordan's basketball sneakers so that's what you'll find here. They're all made by Nike.
• Laces - feel free to mix and match your laces to your shoes. They come in many different colors and can add style to your kicks.
• Hands - the best tools you can use are your hands. Hands-on activities promote better learning experiences, so grab your sneakers and jump right in.
• Gatorade (optional) - if you need something to weigh down your shoes to keep them still while you practice, I recommend a small unopened Gatorade bottle.

Grab Both Laces Ends

Grab both lace ends and hold them straight up in the air.

Cross Them Over and Pull One Through

Cross the lace ends to make an X. Tuck the end of the lace that's in front through the large hole under the X and pull it through. Your hand should be moving away from your body and then return closer to you as you pull the lace through.

Tighten Them Up

Pull the ends of the lace away from the sides of the shoe. Your X should now be sitting on top of the sneaker's tongue.

Create Bunny Ears

Pick up one end of the lace and make a loop that looks like a bunny's floppy ear. With one hand holding onto the loop, grab the other lace end with your free hand and make another loop.

You should now have two cute bunny ears.

Cross Them Over and Pull One Through

Cross your bunny ears, similar to step 2, and tuck one of the loops through the hole underneath.

Pull on the loops to adjust the length. Make sure the ends are off the ground.

Secure With a Double-Knot

If you want to secure your laces and protect your knots while you play, you can double-knot them. Just repeat step 5.

Repeat these steps with the other shoe, and you're ready to play.

History of Jordan Shoes

Learn the history of Jordan shoes with Howard White, the Vice President of Jordan Brand and Michael Jordan's mentor.