PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

ELEMENTARY MOVEMENT

A5.4. CUTTING

MATERIALS:

PREPARATION:

PRESENTATION:

2. Carry the work to a table and place it on the table in front of the chair.

3. Seat yourself in with the child on your sub-dominant side.

4. Grasp the scissors in the dominant hand placing the thumb in the top handle hole and the fingers in the bottom handle hole.

5. Open hand to open the cutting edges of the scissors and then squeeze the handles together to show the child the process.

6. Grasp a piece of paper in the sub-dominant hand.

7. Open the scissors as described in step 5 and slide the paper between the cutting edges with blades over the cutting line.

8. Squeeze hand together and cut the paper.

9. Repeat step 7 and 8 moving along according to the cutting line until completed.

10. Replace the scissors to the tray

11. Allow the child to repeat the exercise as many times as desired

12. Upon completion of the work return the tray to the shelf.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

2. Hearing the paper sliced

3. Seeing the color of the scissors

4. Seeing the color of the paper.

5. Feeling the scissors in the hand.

6. Feeling the texture of the paper

CONTROL OF ERROR:

2. Torn paper

3. Paper on the floor

4. Putting digits in the wrong holes

5. The teacher or another child.

INDIRECT AIMS:

DIRECT AIMS:

2. Motor planning

3. Positive self-image

4. Preparation for writing

5. Self confidence

6. Fine motor skills

VOCABULARY:

AGE:

VARIATION:

2. Cutting corners

3. Cutting curves

4. Cutting geometric shapes

5. Cutting doors with folds