Kids and dressing themselves!

[SkyBlue1987]

What age do kids remember they need to take a layer of clothing on/off when they are hot/cold? My 4.5 year old will never take his jumper off unless I tell him (he’s clearly warm and overheating with rosy cheeks). Same with being cold, he’ll play outside in the freezing cold with hands like ice - but won’t realise he needs a jacket unless I offer one!. He’s at school in six months so I was hoping he might figure it out before then as I doubt the school teachers will be as good as the daycare teachers at monitoring appropriate clothing.

Can't remember sorry @SkyBlue1987.

Reception teachers are very good at monitoring appropriate clothing! They do it constantly, and help children remove jumpers/put on coats to go out to play etc. (Then spend ages trying to return unlabelled clothing back to the correct child).
In my experience many 5/6 year olds seem to not sense if they are too hot or cold, or then know what to do about it.