Strengthen your child's scissoring skills with some simple ideas:
1. The wooden clothespins (the kind that do NOT pinch open and sort of look like little soldiers) slide easily onto the lid of a container-oatmeal, frosting, box...make up a game?
2. Squeeze clothespins
3. Playdough, cutting playdough with scissors
4. Real clay with clay tools and hammers
5. Sort pom-poms or manipulatives
6. Finger plays, hand and finger puppets
7. Tear paper (torn paper collage)
8. Snip or fringe paper
To encourage proper grip on the scissors, make up a little tune and repeat this
Thumb on the top
Fingers on the bottom
Keep your elbow in
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