Activity Name
Talking Scissors
Materials
Scissors, Easel
Skills
Purpose
This is a pre-cutting activity that helps the child in learning the proper way to open and close scissors.
Description
Put a pair of scissors on your hand and have the child put a pair on his/her hand (if the child requires assistant in donning the scissors, you should show him/her the proper way to do so). Open and close your scissors in a certain pattern and ask the child to imitate/repeat what your scissors “said” using his/her scissors.