HOW TO TEACH A CHILD TO CUT WITH SCISSORS Using scissors requires special skills from the child. For a kid, the task of cutting something can be very difficult, since he has to use all the fingers of the hand not synchronously (thumb, index and middle fingers - each does his job). After the kid's acquaintance with scissors, classes with them become one of their favorites. In addition, the cutting process is good for the development of fine motor skills. WHEN TO GIVE THE SCISSORS FIRST TIME? First of all, you need to take into account not your desires, but the needs of the child (this is the most important thing). Take a closer look at your son or daughter. If the baby does not yet show interest in scissors, he is active and always finds something to do - there is no need to rush. Note that the smaller the child's handle, the more difficult it is for the child to use the scissors. However, many children from 2 to 3 years old are ready to learn how to make cuts on paper. And only by the age of 6 years, the skill of using scissors will not require any tension from the child - everything will happen “automatically”. CHOOSING SAFE SCISSORS Before you get started, you need to get the "right" scissors. There are special safe models for children's creativity. They are lightweight and comfortable, the tips of the cutting edges are rounded so that the child does not get hurt during work. There are scissors with plastic-covered blades. For very little ones, there are scissors with a plastic spring on the handle, which makes cutting easier. Depending on the position of the spring, the scissors can be closed to the end (like conventional scissors) or not completely for safety during operation. Regardless of the age at which you start teaching your child to work with scissors, immediately explain the safety rules. HANDLING SCISSORS: Scissors are NOT a toy. Scissors are a TOOL. They are sharp and dangerous. If you do not use them correctly, you can get hurt. So, they don't play with scissors, they work with them. With scissors it is POSSIBLE: to cut paper, cardboard, threads, fabric (only the one that mom allowed), cut out details for appliqués - circles, squares, etc. Scissors MUST NOT: wave, throw, bring to the face, take without permission, walk with them, and even more so run. The scissors are passed only closed: rings forward, taking the closed blades. It is advisable to pass the scissors CORRECTLY to each other several times to fix the habit. You need to work with scissors while sitting at the table. We get used to order: every time after work we put the scissors in their place (in the closet, in the drawer of the table). To know exactly where you can get them next time. Such simple rules should be told to the child when starting work for the first time, and repeat them every time. If the child is not listening and is indulging, postpone the lesson and try to start another time. Like any technical skill, cutting needs training. When you first meet, tell us about the purpose of the scissors, show how to cut. At first, it is best to click the scissors just in the air, let the child's hand adjust to the new instrument. HOW TO TEACH A CHILD TO CUT? Before you give your toddler the scissors, play fun games with him that will help improve hand-eye coordination and make your little one's fingers stronger. To develop the ability to use both hands (to coordinate the movements of both hands), have the task to tear a piece of paper into very small pieces. These pieces can be glued to paper (if you tear the white paper and glue the pieces on the blue one is a snowball, if you tear the brown paper and then glue it on the silhouette of a bird these are feathers for a freezing sparrow). Let the baby try to punch holes in the paper with a hole punch (under your supervision, of course) - this will make his hands stronger. Fill the rubber toy with water. And let the baby squeeze out all the water - it will also help make the fingers stronger. Play finger games using finger toys (this helps the baby learn to use his hand by working with different fingers at the same time). Our group "Pants with shoulder straps" has a huge collection of finger games - take a look at our menu. After the child's hand is ready to do the “hard work,” teach him how to hold the scissors correctly. HOW IS IT CORRECT TO HOLD THE SCISSORS? 1. Have your toddler hold the pen with the thumb pointing up. Place one of the scissor rings on your finger. 2. Have your toddler insert the tip of the middle finger into the other ring. 3. Place the child's index finger on the second ring (outside). 4. Ring and pinky fingers should be bent (rest against the palm). Sometimes the ring finger is inserted into the second ring along with the index finger. 5. Place a piece of paper in front of the child (above the level of his eyes). When the child cuts the paper upward, he automatically picks up the scissors correctly. FIRST LESSONS The first lessons with scissors are cutting pieces of paper and "fringing" (many parallel cuts along the edge of the paper). You will, of course, remember that in our group "Pants with shoulder straps" we published exercises and patterns for cutting. Please note that during work you will need a large amount of paper and a container (you can use a bucket from a sand set), where we put the cut paper. Together, after class, we take it to the trash can. Next, show your child how you yourself cut paper into strips, cut out circles and triangles. Be patient and support your child, even when he or she fails to make an incision. Over time, the child will acquire the skills better (he needs practice). Here's how your toddler's scissors skills develop: 1. The child begins to show interest in scissors and working with them. 2. The child is holding the scissors correctly. 3. The child opens and closes the scissors at will. 4. The child can cut a piece of paper. 5. The child cuts off a piece of paper by making two or more consecutive cuts. 6. The child can cut a sheet of paper in half. 7. The child can cut a square. 8. The child cuts out more complex shapes. Save our cutouts for yourself - train with your child.

Manipulating scissors perfectly develops fine motor skills, which are extremely important for the development of the child as a whole. It turns out that the most common scissors that are in every home can be of great help in preparing a child for school. And if you give your child scissors before school, at the age of 4-5 and teach them how to use them correctly, then such problems at school may not arise at all. So instead of a magazine with stickers, buy your child colored paper, cardboard, glue and scissors - let the child he cuts and pastes pictures himself.

We offer you 7 simple but very practical tips on how to teach a child to use scissors.

1. Find the right scissors.

You can find scissors of almost any size in stores, so try to choose ones that will fit well in your child's hand. children's scissors must necessarily have rounded tips so that the baby does not prick and hurt a friend. If your baby is left-handed, you should try to find scissors designed specifically for left-handed children (using regular scissors, holding them in their left hand, children do not see the cut line).

For very little ones, there are scissors with a plastic spring on the handle, which makes cutting easier. Depending on the position of the spring, the scissors can be closed to the end (like conventional scissors) or not completely for safety during operation.

Now you can find sets of scissors with curly blades. These scissors will not only help develop motor skills, but also creativity.

2. Use stickers

First, you need to teach the child to hold the scissors correctly, and then use them. It is best to buy scissors for home crafts with a large ring, which fits the child's three fingers. It is most convenient to grab the scissors with your thumb and middle fingers.

Have your toddler hold the pen with the thumb pointing up. Place one of the scissor rings on your finger.

Have your toddler insert the tip of the middle finger into the other ring.

Place the child's index finger on the second ring (outside).

The ring finger and little finger should be bent (rest against the palm). Sometimes the ring finger is inserted into the second ring along with the index finger.

In order for the baby to know how the scissors should lie in the hand, stick stickers on those places and those fingers that will be involved.

3. Use different paper

For lessons in teaching how to work with scissors, it is better to use fairly thick paper, you can use cardboard, but not thick cardboard, since it is sometimes difficult to cut even for an adult. By the way, magazine covers are well suited, the covers of those magazines that are thick and thicker than ordinary album sheets.

4. Give your child the freedom to cut unusual materials.

Very boring to cut paper? Give your child the freedom to cut unusual materials.

Scissor dough, cocktail tubes, styrene foam trays, foil, bubble wrap, cabbage leaves and more! Turn on your imagination and your child will receive a sea of ​​new tactile, sound and visual sensations! In addition, this interesting activity develops fine and gross motor skills, eye-hand coordination.

5. Play games and sing songs

So that the child is not bored, play a game with him: "the bird flew into its nest - opens its beak wide and wide", "chicks look out of the nest, call their mother - open their beaks finely and finely." When the baby feels more confident, give him the paper and ask him to show how the scissors bite.

6. Convenient place to study

Organize a workplace for the child, sit next to (or put the child on your knees) and for the first time clearly demonstrate how to use scissors correctly.

Please note that during work you will need a large amount of paper and a container where we put the cut paper. Together, after class, we take it to the trash can.

7. Make this activity fun.

In order for the kid to study and learn with pleasure, make the classes fun. Come up with various tasks and play around with them. Don't throw away the baby's slices. Play them together with your child in postcards, collages, and crafts. And most importantly - praise your puffing child for any, even small, success, because he tries, first of all, to please you.

Cutting is a very useful activity, because it provides a load to strengthen the fingers, which in turn develops fine motor skills (coordination of finger movements improves, and this contributes to the formation of new neural connections, i.e. the development of the child's thinking). In addition to other things, cutting provides advanced functionality for creativity. After mastering scissors, the child actively connects cutting to drawing and applique.

We have similar expositions throughout the apartment from the age of 3.

• (advice from experienced :-));
• at the initial stage of acquaintance with scissors. Materials for printing and again tips (!);
• (about Kumon notebooks for the little ones and paper decorations for the diligent).

How to teach a child to cut with scissors | Difficulties

I'm sure it's a lot different with older children. But Yana and I had experience in mastering scissors from the age of 2, so I will describe the pitfalls in learning to cut out babies and how to minimize the damage from them.

• Tight scissors. The main difficulty when the baby is trying to cut falls on the moments of separation of the scissor rings and connection. For a small child, such manipulations are difficult, since the fingers are weak. The task arises as at the initial stage to give the child a minimum load, so that he is not too uncomfortable, so that there is no disappointment due to difficulties, so that he is pleased with the result. The situation is a bit like exercise machines in adults - too much weight on the exercise machine will do harm, not benefit. With scissors for babies too. Manufacturers for the smallest have come up with scissors with an open lock. Scissors equipped with this mechanism open themselves. Therefore, the effort to open the scissors with a spring does not need to be done, the effort needs to be applied only to closing (bringing the rings together). To further facilitate the task of cutting when choosing scissors, pay attention to the amount of effort required to open / close the blades - the scissors should not be tight. We have Maped Koopy scissors with an open lock (my-shop, ozon). Once I wrote about them on my Instagram profile. In response to the publication, some shared that it was easier for their children to start cutting with ordinary children's scissors. In fact, the open-lock scissors only simplify the process if there is not enough force in the fingers to open the scissors. At the age of two or three, it really helped Yana. At the same time, at the age of 4, Yana has not used the open state lock for a long time, because at 4 years old it will not be difficult for most children to open and open ordinary children's scissors. For more information on the locking mechanism in the scissors, see the video:
• Inability to stop in time... It is difficult for a small child to stop at a certain point and, as a rule, in the early stages, the incision is longer than planned. To get the cuts of the desired length, you can practice on special tasks with stopping points.
• Lack of fluidity in movements... The smooth curves of a two-year-old and a three-year-old turn into broken lines and curves. The first cutting jobs should include straight lines. It is better to proceed to cutting bends and circles after cutting straight lines ceases to cause discomfort.

One important condition for engaging in cutting at the initial stage is to offer simple tasks.

How to teach a child to cut with scissors | tasks

Cutting exercises in ascending order of difficulty:

1. The simplest task with which it is better to start teaching a child to cut with scissors: give the child narrow small strips of paper and ask them to cut them in half. If the ready-made strips are glued into rings, you will get chains that will delight the baby. Strips can be cut from old drawings, colored paper, unnecessary magazines.
2. Cutting the strips into pieces... In the second step, it's time to move on to cutting the strips into many pieces. Children love to cut everything to pieces. At the first attempts to cut, set the problem “1. separate all characters from each other ", after gaining experience" 2. cut the strip into even squares along the lines. " Children are very fond of doing simple tasks that they can easily cope with. Especially tasks below their current level of development. In general, such tasks for the child do not give a developmental effect, but this moment can be used in the right direction. For example, you print a bingo task sheet for the little ones (matching animals and their babies, etc.) or a bingo for color matching and ask your child to cut the materials for the game on their own. By the way, a similar trick with interest in assignments below the current level of development is used when studying other languages. Interest is caught in what the child likes, in what he feels his strength, and a new developmental direction is added (cutting, foreign language, etc.).
   

   

   Additionally, you can invite the child to group the cut out inhabitants of the sea by type and stick it on a sheet. I printed similar pictures. Then they were cut into longitudinal strips. Yana happily cut the strips separating the marine life from each other. At the first stage of acquaintance, you need to give tasks that include small sections, but in large numbers.

   A couple more "cut and match" tasks: (print in duplicate),.
   

3. Free cut... Any activity is always interested in scale. To demonstrate it in cutting, give your child a newspaper or magazine with a request to cut into pieces.
4. Stop at point tasks... To improve a skill, it is important to be able to stop at a point. A couple of tasks for pumping stops:
   
5. We cut the dough for modeling... Using scissors to cut tortillas and dough sticks. Please do not confuse with plasticine, plasticine will quickly close up the blades of the scissors and they will have to be washed out in a dreary way. Firm dough is suitable for cutting. You can make it yourself or buy it ready-made. For example, Play-doh in yellow cans is good in this regard. Of purple, it will not work, since it is too soft for the smallest. I rolled the Play-doh cakes with a rolling pin. I really like rolls-rolls with various textures, for example, as in this my-shop set, more on this and other sculpting tools next time ... Yana was happy to cut the finished cakes into pieces. The texture of this dough is very pleasant for sculpting and cutting.
6. Hairstyles for girls. The idea of ​​\ u200b \ u200bdesigning hairstyles for painted girls was spied by me in the Gakken applique notebook for two-year-olds. I spread the idea in a different implementation. Pictures for assignments are taken from the Freepik resource and slightly tweaked. This task is difficult for toddlers and is suitable for children from 3-4 years old.
   

   

   The child is given printed images as initial data. It is proposed for the dolls to create hairstyles.

   

   The result of styling hairstyles. The top row was done by me, the bottom row by Yana.

7. Cutting out coloring pages. When the child develops the skill of cutting to complex lines, you can invite him to cut images from large coloring pages. They can be found in great abundance on the internet. My handful of coloring pages for toddlers, I'll get a bunch of more :-).

How to teach a child to cut with scissors | Chronology of the development of scissors by little Yana

Since the birth of Yana, I have been keeping a diary of her achievements and mastering her skills. I will give a record of acquaintance with scissors.

Carving in two years

The first entry about scissors in Yana's diary appears at the age of 2 years 6 months. At two years old, Yana liked cutting with scissors with an open lock. She even tried to carve a circle. The circles were horribly crooked, but already cut out. We tried to cut from Kumon notebooks, but for two-year-old Yana, it turned out that Kumon notebooks were growing too quickly in complexity. Therefore, before the age of three, they switched to simpler cutouts, the list of which I gave above. At this age, Yana was engaged with scissors only under my gaze, because the impulse to jump off the spot and jerk at a gallop in her hands with scissors can end in failure. Unfortunately, I have not found any videos or photos of Yana's cutouts at this age. Perhaps it was so non-photogenic that I refrained from filming :-).

Carving in three years

At the age of three, Kumon's cut-out notebooks marked 2+ were very popular with Yana. At 3 years 7 months, the ability to cut relatively well with scissors came. Yana still preferred open-lock scissors.

Video cut in 3d. 7 m. In the video, Yana repeats a mantra she knows only :-), in fact, at this age, her speech was very well developed.

Cutting at 3 years 9 months. I really liked it after cutting out the squares and cutting the corners from them. Modern collections of assignments for children of middle preschool age and older, among other assignments, include cutting assignments. This is a photo of cutouts from the children's calendar, according to which we studied in kindergarten. For Yana, the idea of ​​calendar classes was unsuccessful. We are used to doing things following impulses - whatever we want at the moment. Obligation imposes its own framework, its tasks, its program, and this limited and upset us.

Independent, almost even circles in 3d. 11m.

Yana's work at the age of 3. Scissors are used for many jobs.

Closer to the age of four, scissors became a familiar tool for Yana and began to be placed in the public domain.

Carving with scissors at four

At the age of 4, scissors became so popular with Yana that they took them with them on trips. In the photo, self-improvisation - a garland of flags.

Cutters in 4g. 4 m. We covered this wall in about a week with assignments from Kumon notebooks. Flags from the book of jewelry from Clover. We cut them together, there are a lot of them, and cutting them out is quite monotonous. I attach crafts to the walls and ceilings using Patafix pillows (my-shop), always white. The last time I bought yellow ones, since others were not available, in the end they left greasy marks on the walls, pads from other companies too. The design of the exposition arouses interest and motivates the creation of other masterpieces. We have an exposition on each wall: in the kitchen - coloring pages, in the living room - cutouts and drawings, in the nursery - applications.

Cutters in 4g. 10month This time Yana did not take up scissors for a long time and the ability to cut smooth lines was lost.

Rather, she took up scissors, but for a long time she cut out her ideas with a simple implementation. Educational aids, however, offer tasks with a gradual increase in complexity and this contributes to a very effective pumping of skills.

Children are hostages of avant-gardism. Skills in working with a variety of tools increase their creativity.

How to teach a child to cut with scissors | Educational books

Over the past couple of years, we've had our favorite cutting tutorials.

For a start, I have not seen anything better than the 2+ grade Kumon notebooks. In total, 4 such notebooks have been released:

(my-shop, labirint, ozon

my-shop, labirint, ozon

my-shop, labirint, ozon

my-shop, labirint, ozon

Size - half A4, coated paper. We had three of them. The first one came to us when Yana was 2 years old and there was no particular demand for assignments at that age. At the age of three, great interest arose. Yana fell for cutouts and cut out tasks in one gulp of 10 pieces, then I bought other versions of notebooks of difficulty level 2+ and one more difficult level - “Getting ready for school. Learning to cut. " In terms of complexity, all 2+ notebooks seemed to me the same. The notebook with a tiger and a hedgehog on the cover seems to contain the colors of the pictures more juicy (my-shop, labirint, ozon), which I don't really like. I confess that I do not like cartoon characters of a pronounced Asian type. The Kumon notebooks also have this, but animals are often drawn in them. In general, I cannot say that he is worse than the Kumons. Kumon and GAKKEN notebooks are similar. The latter have a slightly simpler paper, more faded colors, a little cheaper. I think they also have their fans, but I am neutral towards these manuals, unlike Kumon. Since I try to find something useful even in what I don't like, in the GAKKEN applique collection I found a great idea for creating hairstyles.

And I still cannot fail to mention once again the books for carving jewelry from Clover. Well, I really like them. I have already written about them many times and will write again, because they are cool ... The spring version of the book is sold out, so I hide the description under the cut, as irrelevant ...

In the New Year's version, chains and stars are suitable for cutting out the smallest ones. More sophisticated decorations for older kids. Also keep in mind that a three-four-year-old will quickly get tired of monotonous work, and if you plan to start decorating a room, be prepared for the fact that the bulk of the work will fall on your shoulders. The best option for young children is to make jewelry in portions. For example, 10 chain rings every day.

Spring prints from the book "Decorations for All Holidays".

Most of the book "Decorating for All Holidays" is represented by patterns for flags in gentle colors, as on the left side of the spread. The book is quite voluminous. For the second year she has been helping me out. The book includes many patterns for making flowers, placed on sheets of colored paper with spring prints without white areas. We use these sheets as colored paper for a wide variety of crafts: we cut out clothes for paper dolls, make blank cards, etc. In the spring version, chains and flags are suitable for cutting the smallest ones. As conceived by the authors, the flags should be glued to paper tapes, but this is not very convenient. If you take it, glue on a regular thread. A piece of a banner with our last year's flags is in the first photo of this publication.

Completion

Many mothers are worried about the safety of their babies with scissors. And rightly so, because safety is paramount. Before the first lessons with scissors, I would recommend to tell the child the rules of behavior during cutting: do not get up with scissors, do not wave your hands, after completion, put the scissors in place.

For information: Currently, in kindergartens, children are introduced to scissors from the age of 4. Those. at 4 years old, a whole group of children are given piercing and cutting instruments and this is the norm. Given this fact, we can conclude that younger children should only cut out under the supervision of adults.

On this I will round off. Write about your kids' records, share stories.

A question for those who have had experience with a child up to 3 years to the scissors that have tested the open-lock scissors.

Today I will tell you how to teach a child to cut a circle with scissors. For preschool children, this is by no means an easy task. And today I want to introduce you to the techniques and methods that will tell you how to teach a child to cut a circle with scissors.

Before you start teaching your toddler how to cut circles, make sure they are good with scissors. If the child knows how to cut well along the contours, cut the paper into even strips, then you can safely start learning. If not, then first refer to the article.

In kindergartens, children begin to cut with scissors from the middle group (after four years), and they begin to learn to cut a circle in the second half of the school year. You focus on the capabilities of your child.

Some children can easily cut a circle at three years old, and some find it difficult at five years old. This does not mean at all that the former is better than the latter. Everything is individual. My son didn’t know how to cut and at the age of seven, he didn’t want to and that was all. But at the age of six he fell in love with embroidery and he did it great. Everyone has their own abilities.

And if the child categorically does not want to do something, it should not be forced. Do with your baby only what gives him pleasure.

Mathematical tale "The sun compares a circle and a square"

Preschool children are taught to cut a circle from square blanks. Therefore, for a start, invite your baby to consider a circle and a square and compare them. To do this, you need to prepare blanks of a circle and a square or use ready-made ones from a set of geometric shapes. The shapes should be the same size or the circle should be slightly smaller than the square. It is desirable that the figures are in contrasting colors.

All geometric shapes are compared by superimposing one another. Naturally, a circle differs from a square in that the first has no corners. A circle can roll, a square cannot. I propose to use the mathematical fairy tale "The sun compares a circle and a square."

With a little imagination, you can play a mini-performance based on this fairy tale. The main thing is to prepare the necessary attributes and print the text of the tale. However, a fairy tale does not have to be in poetic form. You can retell it in prose.

Once upon a time the girl Shura
Geometric shapes in the box:
Circles, squares
And other brave guys.

One morning girl Shura
I took out a box with figures and decided to build a house.
She took one figure - a yellow circle,
And his friend and brother jumped out with him -
Red Square.

But suddenly the wind blew
(The most cunning in the world)
He picked up the circle and the square and carried them away,
Now they have no turning back.

Friends found themselves in a magical land,
Where everything will seem unusual to you:
The inhabitants of this country are the same as those of the girl Shura,
That is, geometric shapes.

Here are a circle and a square along the road
And they think how they could get back.
The sun saw them, was surprised
And immediately descended to the ground.
Hello wanderers!

Where are you in a hurry? And why are you sad? "
“I am the yellow circle, and this is my brother -
Red Square".
“Are you brothers? What,
Then you should be alike.

To find out if you are alike
Let's compare you from the back. "
The circle came up from the back to the square.
And what do we see with you guys?

They are equal in height and width,
But the square has corners:
Right angles like a book and a table
Therefore, friends cannot be confused.

The circle and the square were slightly surprised
But we decided to be friends further
And again they set off on the road ...

It also has four corners.
Straight, like a book and a table.
Another friend, yellow circle
Has no corners
And then ready to go on the road.

After the child understands the difference between a circle and a square, you can start learning to cut a circle out of a square blank. In this case, the square workpiece should be medium in size. Very small or large training pieces are not suitable. The optimal size of a square workpiece is 6 by 6 centimeters.

How to teach a child to cut a circle with scissors by cutting corners

Children under five years old are taught to cut a circle by cutting corners. Everything is very simple. A circle has no corners, which means that the corners must be cut in order for the square to turn into a circle. After you cut off all four corners, you get a polygon. All these corners also need to be cut off. Are there still sharp corners? Down with them too. You will end up with a fairly even circle. Perhaps the first time it will be not quite even, but cut out on its own.

The ability to use scissors is a very necessary skill for both a child and an adult.

Children need scissors for making various crafts in labor lessons or just for fun, adults need this tool in everyday life and in many types of hobbies.

Why should a child be able to use scissors

For an adult, the ability to use scissors is simply necessary, starting from banal everyday situations (from the category of "cutting a thread" or "cutting a piece of paper") and ending with assistance in preparing paper crafts for school for a child.

And the sooner this skill is mastered, the better.

In addition, many children are very fond of making paper crafts on their own, girls adore needlework. Also, you may often just need to cut a piece of paper, for example, for testing at school.

For example, children cut out various figures from paper, sew, embroider, for this you need to be able to use scissors to cut off a thread or a piece of fabric, and so on.

To understand how to teach a child to cut with scissors, it is unlikely that you will be able to remember your experience, since it is recommended to start comprehending this skill very early.

When to give scissors to a child

Since scissors are not the safest item, there is no rush to hand them over to your child. At the same time, there is no need to delay - experienced teachers recommend starting to teach a child to use scissors at the age of two. It develops fine motor skills, trains mindfulness, and teaches caution.

Of course, the first scissors should be as comfortable as possible and adapted for the child.

What scissors should be

In no case should the child be given standard "adult" scissors. The same goes for small nail scissors. At first glance, they seem safe because of their size, but their blades are not blocked, so the child can injure his fingers due to the insufficiently developed skill of using sharp objects. In addition, the tips are usually pointed, which adds even more risk: the child can get scissors in his eye or injure a neighbor.

Baby scissors should be as safe as possible. For kids, there are plastic models with non-sharp blades, rounded at the ends. They will cope with the paper quite well, but will not harm the baby's fingers, they are safe for others.

Later, when the child is older and learns to handle scissors, you can switch to adult models. That being said, note that even many elementary school students use safety scissors. They fully fulfill their functions, while being harmless.

Safety engineering

• Even if you gave your child baby scissors, immediately teach him how he should behave with real ones. Explain why you cannot swing them, how not to cut yourself.
• Scissors must not be gnawed or poked in the face of oneself or another. Ideally, they should be kept away from your face.
• Scissors are not a toy. They should only be used for their intended purpose.
• For older children, paper scissors may be unsuitable or just uncomfortable if they need to cut the fabric. You may need to use a different model.
• If the scissors break, it is best to replace them, as a faulty tool can cause harm to someone.

How to teach a child to cut with scissors: rules

Do not force your child to learn to use a new tool if they are not in the mood. It is recommended to observe the following rules:

• Start training during the cold season. In summer, the kid wants to do something completely different: the beautiful weather, many playgrounds, communication and games with other children will surely take their free time. In the fall, you will often have to sit at home because of the rains and the coming cold, and at two years old, few people send their children to kindergarten. A lot of time will be freed up, you can try to interest the child in a new type of activity.
• First, show your child how to cut squares and stripes out of paper. You can outline cutting lines. It is better to move on to cutting something round or oval by about the age of three, when the child has already mastered straight lines.
• Don't throw away the scraps of paper, they can be used for further crafts.
• Turn learning into a game. The child must enjoy learning how to use the scissors, otherwise he will quickly lose interest. Alternatively, you can try making appliqués or paper garlands.
• When the child is already confident enough in using scissors, show him that figures of very interesting shapes can also be cut.
• With older children (6-8 years old), train not only on paper, but also on fabric. Most likely, in labor lessons at school you will still need it, and even earlier in some kindergartens. The child needs to learn to feel both the scissors and the material itself.
• Alternate between different activities, otherwise the child will quickly get tired. For example, after a butterfly or bird has been cut out of paper, take pencils, felt-tip pens or paints and paint it.
• Do not abandon this activity and periodically return to it. Leave your child's crafts made with scissors in a visible place. So the kid will remember that he made this product with their help, perhaps he himself will express a desire to repeat the creative process.

Thus, we teach children to cut with scissors. Templates for children are very helpful at first, as the child gets used to holding the scissors correctly and using them carefully, observing safety precautions.

Cutting snowflakes with scissors

The question of how to teach a child to cut with scissors must be approached responsibly and creatively. A two-year-old child is not interested in the fact that "it is necessary", interest is important to him.

You can practice cutting a snowflake. This is a very exciting activity and an actual craft for the New Year.

To help your child understand how to cut a snowflake, show him a trick familiar from childhood: Fold a piece of paper and cut out some patterns. Then unfold - the snowflake is ready.

You can use templates for cutting - this limits the scope for imagination, however, if the child is not very confident in holding the scissors in his hands, templates will only help him. They can be bought in the store or downloaded from the web. Fold a sheet of paper as required by the instructions, transfer the required pattern onto it.

So the child will understand how to cut a snowflake, and soon, perhaps, he will not even need templates.

You can also make bulky paper snowflakes. It can be interesting for older children, from 4-5 years old. The child will surely be fascinated to take part in the manufacture of an incredible product. You just need to make even cuts on the paper. The main job is to properly wrap and glue the paper strips.

Paper butterfly

Paper fakes can be made not only for the holidays. The beginning of spring is not a reason to revive the room?

Beautiful paper butterflies can be a wonderful decor. In addition, they can be used to practice cutting.

You can draw templates for cutting paper butterflies yourself. If you have a ready-made template, then you need to transfer the drawing to paper in any convenient way: through a copy film or immediately print the outline on colored paper. In any case, a butterfly stencil for cutting out of paper should be convenient for a child: a lot of adjacent thin lines and an abundance of too openwork patterns can confuse him, upset in case of failure.

It is best for a kid to learn how to cut out only the outline of a butterfly, which can later be painted with colored felt-tip pens or paints, and to switch to openwork products at an older age.

The product, combined of butterflies of different sizes, looks beautiful: the smallest butterfly is glued to the larger butterfly. So it will look voluminous.

Paper doll

Girls love to play with dolls, everyone knows that. In addition to the usual toys, children are very interested in paper dolls with a set of clothes. They are sold as a magazine and have a low cost. The doll itself and the clothes for it need to be cut out on their own, and the accuracy of the resulting toy depends directly on the ability to use scissors.

These dolls are usually made of cardboard and their clothes are made of paper. The dolls have a cardboard stand. As a last resort, you can do it yourself: just stick the silhouette of the doll on a stand made of cardboard.

The magazine contains a ready-made set of clothes, which are attached to the doll with the help of folding harnesses. You can design clothes for this doll yourself, draw them on paper and cut them out.

To do this, you need to attach the silhouette of the doll to a sheet of paper, circle it with a pencil, then draw the desired model of clothing, cut it out, not forgetting about the harnesses for attaching the item of clothing to the doll.

Conclusion

The question of how to teach a child to cut with scissors must be approached responsibly, because scissors are a sharp tool. This skill really comes in handy in both childhood and adulthood.

Various templates are suitable for training - a butterfly stencil for cutting out of paper, a blank for a snowflake or ready-made openwork drawings. You can draw the outline of the future figurine yourself.