The real truth of the matter is that it’s easy to forget how it was to be a child, and to do child-like things: learning to tie shoes, for example. These days, with Velcro on just about everything, some children never do learn to tie their shoes. I know some 12-year-olds who still can’t, even though they have normal fine motor skills.
What this little girl learned (and it’s one of the things we’re so glad to be able to teach at Head Start) is that if you just keep trying, there’s really not much you can’t do. These days, that’s a good lesson, and one whose worth could not be more evocatively expressed than in this little girl’s broad grin: an accomplishment diligently worked for, and (as here documented) finally achieved.