As school approaches, parents are working with their children to get ahead and test their developmental skills. A big test of a child's fine motor skills is observing how well he or she uses scissors from ShopScissors.com. Here are some great tips from ehow.com:
Children and Scissor Size
- Choose a pair of scissors that is the appropriate size for your child's hand.
- Demonstrate the proper grasping technique for your child by placing your thumb middle and ring fingers in the handles of the scissors. Place your index finger on the outside of the handle to stabilize the scissors and offer a better grip. Then, just curl the pinky finger into your palm.
Choose Easy Objects to Cut
- Give her some sturdy paper to cut.
- You can use construction paper, junk mail or anything that is fairly sturdy but not too hard to cut.
Scissors and Safety
- Using scissors should always be a supervised activity that is done while sitting. Because scissors seem like such a grown-up tool, my kids are really careful with scissors.
- Reinforce the safety aspect by showing kids how to properly hold a scissors while walking.
- Have your child close her fist around the closed scissors blades. March around the kitchen or living room holding scissors safely. Teaching this custom will prevent injury if the child falls while walking with the scissors.
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