Scissor Skills require fine motor strength, motor planning, and bilateral coordination. Great pre-scissor activities include using tongs or tweezers to pick up items, punch holes in paper, squeeze eye droppers, clothespins, spray bottles, and tearing pieces of paper. Once your child is ready to put a pair of scissors in their hand, here are a few fun activities!
1. Place stickers randomly on a page. Now follow from one sticker to the next with your scissor. Or you can draw a maze, giving boundaries to cut within, place stickers throughout the maze, following to the end.
2. It's ok to cut more than paper! Get a variety of items from around the house and practice cutting, it will more than likely be more interesting for your child. Cut straws into smaller pieces to string. Or cut sponges into all different shapes and sizes, now you can use them to build! Or cut the ends of toilet paper or paper towel rolls, rolling them strips up to make an octopus
3. Bring your scissors outside! Cut smaller branches, blades or grass, or stems of flowers. What else can you find to cut outside or in. How about putty or clay, paper scraps, envelopes, magazines, newspaper, thinner food boxes (cereal box)
