The 15-Minute Shoe-Tying System (Instant Download)

The exact step-by-step method a special-education teacher used to teach 25,000+ kids to tie their own shoes — even the ones who had given up.

If your child has tried to tie their shoes and ended in tears, here's the part nobody tells you: your child didn't fail at shoe-tying. They failed at the lace. The standard “loop, swoop, pull” method asks a child to hold a delicate loop steady with one hand while the other hand wraps and threads. One wobble and the whole thing collapses — so they start over, again and again, until the only lesson they learn is “I can't do this.”

This downloadable parent playbook breaks that cycle in about fifteen minutes of total practice, using the same two evidence-based ideas special-ed teachers and occupational therapists rely on: stopping the collapse at the two points where tying falls apart, and backward chaining — so your child finishes every single practice on a win.

What's inside (instant PDF download)

• The 15-minute session script — a calm, six-step routine you can run tonight at the kitchen table
• The method explained simply — why it works when “loop, swoop, pull” stalls
• A troubleshooting page for the five most common snags (and exactly what to do)
• A printable backward-chaining progress tracker to mark each step your child masters
• Written for every learner — including autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, Down syndrome, and sensory or fine-motor profiles

Created by Bobby Morong, a special-education and adaptive-PE teacher with 20+ years in the classroom — and the inventor of Training Ties.

Instant download. Read it on any device or print it. Yours forever.

Want the tool that holds the lace steady for you so your hands are free to coach? After checkout you'll see the patented Training Ties® shoe-tying tool — 90% of kids succeed in their first session, backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.