Top 3 tips to make teaching cutting easier.

In their 4+ Assessments, your child will highly likely be asked to cut something.

We don’t know what that something will be so it is important that we expose them to as many different cutting opportunities as possible.

If your are preparing your child for their 4+ Assessments or just want to teach your child how to cut, here are 3 top tips for you.

1.Start early.

Do not leave cutting until 1 month before your child’s 4+ Assessment. This will not cut it! (get it!)

I started with my son from the age of 18 months. Well, actually he was with me whilst I was teaching one of my students cutting and he grabbed the scissors and started opening and closing them by copying what I was doing.

2. Don’t panic!

When my son first grabbed the sharp scissors that I was using, my first instinct was to grab them off him. Don’t do this! You will make your child feel anxious and nervous around scissors. Set the boundaries and the rules first. Tell your child exactly how you expect them to handle the scissors and absolutely NEVER leave them unattended. They are dangerous but not if you are right there with your child. Always be calm and have a sense of fun around cutting. It is fun. It is also quite therapeutic!

3. Don’t start with ‘trainer scissors’.

Not necessary and some are also deeply frustrating for my little students because they are so blunt that they cannot even cut through the paper!

We recommend specific scissors to our clients - they are they ones their children will actually most likely to be asked to use in their Assessments.

Those are the ones you should be using!

If you choose to work with us, we will send you the link to order these!

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