Scissor Skills - Learn How to Cut With Us
Scissor Skills - Learn How to Cut With Us
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Did you know that scissor skills are an important milestone in childhood development? Learning to cut with scissors helps to build hand strength, develop hand-eye coordination, improve bilateral coordination, and improve attention to tasks. Additionally, while using scissors the child is improving visual motor and visual perceptual skills. Scissor skills development is an important fine motor task that may be incorporated into occupational therapy sessions.
Activities to do at home to Improve Scissor Skills
Activities to do at home to Improve Scissor Skills
Tear Paper
Use Tongs or Clothespins to pick up small items like poms, beads, or mini foam blocks
Play-dough for hand strengthening (pinch, pull, smash, roll & repeat)
Squeeze & wring out water from a sponge or wash cloth
The steps to success when beginning to use scissors include:
The steps to success when beginning to use scissors include:
Learning the appropriate developmental scissors grasp pattern to open and close scissors
Manipulating paper with one hand while actively using scissors with the other in a coordinated fashion
Visually attending to what you are cutting
Remaining on a line when cutting
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References for Scissor Skills
References for Scissor Skills
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