Car Racing

Lacing skills are an important skill for young children to practice and develop.

A great way to start is by teaching your little ones to string beads. These skills also are important as they are necessary for children as they begin to write and dress themselves.

By stringing beads, they will learn:

• i-lateral coordination
• Hand-eye coordination
• Fine motor skills
• Patience

With practice, they will use this skill to lace and tie their shoes.

Nurture their skills by:

First, have your child choose a favorite shoe.

Then, demonstrate and narrate lacing the shoes. Choose one of your own and do the activity alongside your child.

Next, demonstrate and narrate tying the shoe.

Some questions to ask while you demonstrate lacing and tying:

• Are there different ways to lace and tie shoes?
• Are there any rhymes, tricks or songs that you can use to help you?
• How many different kinds of knots can you do?

Expand your child’s skills

• Practice lacing and unlacing your child’s shoes.
• Bring an extra (possibly a larger parent’s) shoe in the car and practice on trips and errands.
• Play dress-up and practice buttoning, snapping, zipping and buckling too.
• Let your child help tie bows for gifts, bundles, or other tying chores around the house.

Skill Builder Kit

Did you know lacing is part of our Skill Builder Activity Kit? While our in-person museum Skill Builder activities are on hold, we’ve developed a take-home kit to provide parents of preschoolers with materials and guidance for helping children practice and develop school-readiness skills. These include math concepts, motor skills, social emotional cues, and pre reading and writing.

Learn more in our video:

Buy the kit today: https://my.mesaaz.gov/2HoHH7r

FAQ

What’s THE BIG DEAL?

These tickets are available for many shows presented by The Lincoln Center at up to 50% off of regular priced tickets—going as low as $15 per seat. 
 

Why are these tickets offered at such a deep discount?

The Lincoln Center believes that music, art and culture are essential to the lifeblood of the community. We want every community member, regardless of financial status, to have the opportunity to see powerhouse Broadway productions, experience passionate dance performances, enjoy internationally renowned musicians, laugh with friends at a comedy show, celebrate time with the family, or simply experience something new. Now that's a big deal!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this show good for kids?

Like The Wizard of Oz, Wicked is the definition of family-friendly. But like the classic 1939 movie, younger children may find it too long or be frightened by the show's flying monkeys, allusions to offstage violence and death of a character. Most children over eight, however, will be delighted by the world of Wicked.

Are translation services available?

Audien™ Translation System devices are available for $10 on the second level of the theatre – currently offered in Japanese, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Mandarin and Korean. You can rent a headset and get a running synopsis of the show in any of these seven languages.

Are there devices for people with hearing disabilities?

Devices are available free-of-charge on the second level of the theater, as well as hand-held captioning devices for the deaf and audio descriptions devices for the blind.