“Many of the day-to-day behaviors that we perform, without even attending to what we're doing, are really quite complex, comprised of many smaller, discrete, singular, specific sub-behaviors that we perform in a certain order.” (Tom McIntrye, 2010). These two tasks, one being academic and one being physical, for years has been the forefront to the beginning of many children’s learning experience. I have chosen tying shoes and added two digit numbers because I believe these are two task these tasks are something all people end up learning sometime in life. Not all children are taught to jump rope, and not all children are taught to break down words, but somewhere along our way, we as children were taught to tie our shoes as well as adding two-digit numbers. These two tasks spark our brains and cause us to think differently and this begins a learning process that can transition child into many different lessons in life. I was fortunate enough to take my nephew who is five years old and teach him to tie his shoes. I gave my nephew a pair of his shoes and I told him he was going to be able to tie his own shoes when I was done teaching him to do so. I gave him his shoes, tied them for him and explained not only the importance of tying his shoes, but also how to do so. I showed him how to tighten the show for the bottom of the laces up, how to tie the first knot to keep the shoe tight, and also the last bunny ear knot the finish the job. After showing him a couple times how to tie his shoes, I asked him to tie them on his own. He was able to tighten the laces from bottom up, and even a couple times made it to the formation of the bunny ears, but for the most part he was unable to tie his own shoes. I again went back and showed him the steps of tying his shoes and took about fifteen minutes to do so. Again I asked him to tie his shoes and he was still unable.