7 Helpful Hacks to Teach Young Children Scissor Skills

Seven tips and activities to teach cutting with scissors to young children. Plus one bonus activity!

[@pattifradkin1028]

Thank you! I will go back to the classroom and try some of these helpful tips!

[@kimbeene7065]

Yeah, I am so glad I found you. I’m a great grandmother and this is going to be fun😮😧

[@brittanycirillo9464]

Keep posting plz you’re amazing I learn so much thank you

[@positivepreschooltips]

Brittany, thanks for the encouragement!

[@genescholl956]

Thank you Cindy, for the great ideas.

[@aanakhayra6209]

Love love love you tips! Been using several of your tips in my class & my kids love it! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@achernev]

Really great, especially the bonus hack - very smart!

[@mariemartin15]

Great ideas to help the kids how to use the scissors. I appreciate that you share amazing information. Thank you.

[@DachshundPal]

Thank you, you’ve provided some really helpful tips and I’m excited to try these ideas out :)

[@jasmineng1181]

thank you! very inspiring

[@cheryldoughty5308]

Great tips! Hopefully I remember them when we get to go back to school. It was nice to see your dog, too

[@viiviviviiv]

these are all so clever!!!

[@ChildCareBizConsulting]

Lots of great ideas. Inspiring content and suggestions. Truly enjoy your videos. Many of us consultants share so many different perspectives and it’s great to collaborate through video content. Great job

[@jennylynsanchez7762]

Good tips. Thanks!

[@yvonneprinslo5083]

Very useful and innovative ideas, thank you!

[@deborahbuchanan6828]

Paper bag idea is awesome!!!!!

[@blessedpearls9373]

Thanks for the tips 👍🏻❤️❣️❤️

[@christinamendez9352]

U r a genius! So helpful for this clueless mom attempting homeschool preschool during Covid-19

[@galaxyvg80]

Amazing and useful thank you so much

[@danfry3501]

Thoughtful ideas for young children.

[@mrs.appleton8349]

This has been super helpful in teaching beginner skills to my 3 year old preschoolers! Thank you!!

[@positivepreschooltips]

I'm so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for posting a comment :)

[@mennatolan3995]

Thank you

[@eunicerojas7825]

you are like a source of wisdom 😍

[@michellelloyd6256]

I live your videos. More please 🥰🤗

[@leevibes1320]

Very interesting thank you so much for sharing 💕 👍

[@jennyesperanzajoyaballen1482]

Please post more, we really need new ideas. A desperate teacher :(

[@taykanumbr]

BRILLIANT! This grandma will be taking turns with the other grandma in homeschooling and I'm CLUELESS, feels like I'm a grumpy granny instead of FUN NiNi! You are AWESOME. I'd love it if you could do something on getting them to focus or LOVE tracing / writing the letters / numbers. I'm watching ALL your videos. I'm even letting the ads run hoping it helps with a little payback. Thank you for what for your service here. :) Makes me feel like I might can do this after all. :)

[@positivepreschooltips]

Thank you so much! Thanks for the suggestions; I will definitely put a video together for tracing and writing numbers and letters. But for now, I would suggest make it fun! You could take a cookie sheet and put a thin layer of flour, sand, oatmeal (whatever you have on hand) and have the little ones use their fingers to trace letters and numbers in the tray. If you are feeling up to a mess, you could use pudding. The children love to trace and then lick it off their fingers. Another idea is to write the letters out very large (one per sheet of paper) and have the little ones trace the letter with a glue bottle then cover the glue with yarn (or shake over the letter with glitter!). It's really about exposure and having the little one approach the learning from lots of different ways. Have fun and thank you for stepping in to teach your grandbabies during this very unprecedented time! Go fun NiNi!

[@shubhrathor1]

Hello ma'am your voice is a bit low in most of the videos please fix this. Your tips are always fantastic. Glad to find you. Thank you

[@cheki318able]

Love your ideas. I also put a little piece of tape on the thumb hole so they know that the tape goes up to the sky not down to the ground.

[@positivepreschooltips]

Awesome! I love that idea!!!

[@ShivBabaSays]

Best video ever on scissors skills! What a shame there only a little views and likes on it!

[@positivepreschooltips]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it helpful!!

[@tanyaaragao5756]

Hi Cindy, I absolutely love all of your wondering tips, thank you so much. Do you have a video on how to do well on a job interview for a preschool teacher position? Any tips on questions and answers they are looking for? Thank you so much once again. Have a beautiful blessed day 💗

[@positivepreschooltips]

I do not have a video but thank you for the suggestion. I have been in a position (several years ago) that I interviewed and hired preschool teachers. Of course, always arrive on time (if not a little early) and dressed neatly. I would suggest putting together a mock lesson plan to present during the interview. It will show off all your good ideas and demonstrate that you are a TEACHER not just someone looking for a job in a preschool. Experience is something every employer looks for and if you are just starting out, remember that babysitting, camps, church activities or any other experience with young children counts! Discipline and how you would handle a difficult child is always a question that is asked when hiring preschool teachers. I always wanted perspective teachers to mention: redirection, and strategies that focused on a positive approach. I didn't want to hear 'time-out' or 'take away privileges". If she mentioned that she would work to understand why the child was acting out, she would get extra points :). Good luck and let me know if I can help in any other way!!!!

[@manchingchen3886]

So good

[@alkatambe]

Just so wonderful tips mam..these are really practical tips..Pls keep posting...& Your voice is little low in videos.. thank you so much.. love you..♥️

[@myangelnme]

Hi Cindy, thank you so much for these lovely ideas! I would like to make a request, to you and all those who are reading these comments, instead of using a stapler, please apply glue inside and stick the paper bag. The stapler pins are once thrown away, if they are not properly recycled, they get lost and land up in animal stomachs causing them harm.

[@algevideos3885]

Do you have ideas to greet children?

[@positivepreschooltips]

Possibly, are you asking for a cute way to greet the children as they arrive at school?

[@goma-gamingpage6609]

😁

[@matchie01sc]

I’m going back to be a preschool teacher after being a crate giver for so many years.

[@goma-gamingpage6609]

Nevermind it's online teacher teaching 😂 chat

[@volschick2004]

My 5 year old gets so annoyed when cutting. Thank you for these tips!

[@positivepreschooltips]

I'm so glad you found it helpful.

[@elizabethdaugherty292]

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