Adaptive Scissors and Cutting Aids
Activities to Develop Cutting Skills
Spring loaded adaptive scissors and cutting aids for fine motor skills for kids, toddlers, children and preschoolers.
Developing cutting skills is a very sequential process. Children need to first learn how to open and shut scissors in order to snip. Practicing activities to develop cutting skills using tongs and nippers helps consolidate this skill. Then they can move on to cutting short, straight lines, before curves and simple shapes. We have included a range of books to help with this process. Self-opening and easy-grip scissors also help children learn to plan the motor action.
Some tips: start with thicker paper, practice cutting things other than paper, eg playdough, and always the correct position is 'thumbs UP for cutting' - ie non-dominant thumb on top of the paper, and dominant thumb in the top loop of the scissors. This ensures the child is in the best position for the job!
On this page:
- Spring Loaded Scissors
- Children's Adaptive Scissors
- Cutting Fine Motor Skills
- Activities to Develop Cutting Skills
- Cutting Aids for Children
- Scissors for Children
- Scissors for Left Handers