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Scissor Work

Suggested Activities:

General Area

Activities for eye-hand coordination

Age

Around 18 months and older

Material Description

Basket, scissors, scissor case, card stock strips, tiny envelope (railroad paper or heavy card stock), and a letter holder box

Presentation or Usage

*The adult sits on the child’s dominant side (usually right side). This enables the child to see your hands.

  • Adult demonstrates how to open and close the scissors
  • Invite the child to open/close
  • Adult places the paper strip into the open scissor corner
  • Cut
  • Repeat, “open/close” while cutting
  • Hold over the basket to catch the cut paper
  • Repeat twice with exaggerated movements
  • Invite the child to hold the paper or scissors and repeat activity
  • When finished, place the scissors back in its case
  • Return the activity to the shelf

Extension- cuttings are used in a gluing collage or bedding for a hamster or guinea pig

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Gluing

Suggested Activities:

General Area

  • Activity for eye-hand coordination
  • Early literacy
  • Care for books
  • Sequencing

Age

  • Around 18 months and older

Material Description

  • Box with several compartments for the shapes or pictures
    • In the beginning use one-sided solid origami paper cut out into shapes. Later, when the child is refining and mastering, offer pictures that interest the child (animals, trucks, nature, seasonal, etc.)
  • Tiny container with a lid for glue
  • Little stencil brush
  • Chopstick holder (stencil brush sits on holder)
  • Box for paper
  • Cotton cloth- prevents sticky fingers