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Welcome to Scissor Skills

This section will provide you with ideas for supporting scissor skills at home.

The first part of this section is a video tutorial on basic scissor skills. The next resource is a handout on scissor skills. It includes fun ideas for building up the skills needed to improve hand strength and coordination needed to cut with scissors successfully. At the bottom are several websites with good cutting resources to help you and your child.

How to Cut Tutorial

How to Use Scissors Handout - English

Scissor Skills.docx

How to Use Scissors Handout - Spanish

Scissor Skills - Spanish

Developing Coordination for Scissor Skills - English

140_Scissor skills.pdf

Developing Coordination for Scissor Skills - Spanish

140_habilidades_Tijeras.pdf

Additional Websites To Learn More - English

Scissor Cutting: Tips and FAQTips and info to help your child develop good scissor cutting skills.

Basic Cutting Activities - help your child master scissor cutting!Simple scissor cutting activities and a free cutting template to help your child master scissor cutting skills.

Scissor Skills - The OT ToolboxAs an occupational therapist, working on scissor skills with kids is one of my favorite goal areas. There are so many ways to get creative with modifications to paper, lines, and scissors. The fine motor activities that work on the muscles and dexterity needed for scissor use are fun, too. Stop back soon as we ... Read More about Scissor Skills

How to Teach Kids to Cut with Scissors in PreschoolHow to teach your kids to cut with scissors in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten. The proper sequence of cutting skills to help kids be successful.

Additional Websites To Learn More - Spanish

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