It's not uncommon for children all the way up to first grade to have trouble cutting with scissors.
Usually the child has trouble with her fine motor skills: the acts of grasping the scissors, holding and manipulating the paper, and opening and closing the scissors, are actually more difficult than most parents (and teachers) realize.
This exercise is useful in helping your child master the practical skills of how to cut paper; however if your child also has trouble buttoning his clothing, manipulating food or writing implements, or other fine motor issues, then you should do additional fine motor hands-on learning games with them.
Materials: -Scissors.
These should be comfortable for your child to use; try out several different pairs.
It's preferable to use regular scissors vs.
"training scissors.
" This will avoid your child having to learn how to cut twice-once with the training scissors and once with the regular ones.
-Small squares of 4"× 4"heavy paper.
Your child will enjoy especially enjoy cutting if you use colored paper.
- Cutting patterns How to Play the Game: There are ten different cutting patterns.
Start from the first one, even if you think it's too easy for your child; if it is, he will finish it quickly and move onto the next one.
Once your child is fully able to cut out one pattern (100% of the time) he may go on to the next pattern.
Stick to this routine even if your child wants to just "try out" a more complicated pattern; it is the excitement of trying out something new that will help motivate him to complete the present pattern.
You can practice cutting with your child once a day; you should see significant improvement in a few weeks.