Dressy Bessy
Getting dressed is one of the toughest skills for a toddler/preschooler to learn. The fine motor skills involved in the process are difficult to master, but Ava’s been working hard on a few of them.
About a year ago, I bought a toy called Dressy Bessy. Turns out that I bought it way too early for Ava to really begin working with it, but Bessy has been waiting patiently in the toy box for our girl to be ready. In the great get-ready-for-baby toy sort a couple of weeks ago, Bessy resurfaced and immediately caught Whoozy’s attention.
Just as with puzzles, Ava works at dressing and undressing Bessy’s buttons, zippers and velcro with some pretty amazing patience. Early efforts were punctuated by cries of “Help me! I can’t do it!” and some frustrated tears, but after helping her the first few times, we left her to figure it out on her own. Now, after several very quiet minutes in the playroom, we’ll hear cries of “I did it! She’s all dressed!”
Thanks, Dressy Bessy, for helping our girl feel such pride in her accomplishments!