Scissor Skills for Preschoolers - How to Help Develop Children's Fine Motor Skills (Part 1)

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Every preschool professional will have to, one day, introduce scissors to their students. And sometimes, that can go wrong.
A lot of children can be scissor-happy. I mean, who would say no to cutting their own hair as a child?
However, if you do it the right way, teaching scissor skills to young kids can be, if not easy, quite fun.
And it all comes down to helping your students hone their fine-motor skills!
How can you do that?
Tune in now to find out.
Well then, what are you waiting for? Let's dive in!
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Key Takeaways:
- Teaching children scissor skills: Is it a challenge? (00:00)
- Fine-motor skills and scissor skills (01:17)
- Playdough is a great way to help kids develop their fine motor skills (02:00)
- Make things fun and playful! (07:58)
- Art activities that develop fine motor skills (10:07)
- What if your students have to use two hands? (15:00)
- Grab your FREE Fine Motor Skills Parent Handout (16:30)
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Just switched grade level TK from 2nd so your videos and resources have been so wonderful. Thank you!

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Love this. Thank you for this.

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Im currently home preschooling my four year old and were working on cutting and writing. These fine motor skills are excellent to get to that point thank you! Definitely subscribing!

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Truly valuable

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