One of the many activities that we do at home to help improve Nico’s fine motor skills is cutting with scissors.  Cutting, as Nico’s occupational therapist had advised, requires a lot of hand and eye coordination and by doing regular scissor-cutting activities, fine motor skills are improved and the small muscles are regularly exercised.

And since Nico is just getting used to manipulating scissors (yes, he’s not used to using scissors. you would not believe this, but in Nico’s former school, scissors are strictly a no-no for preschoolers as the school viewed scissors to be dangerous for kids), we looked for the one without the metal but is sharp enough to cut through paper.

We were able to find one, but Nico got tired using them after a while since it can’t cut through paper easily. Aside from that, he had to pull the scissor back in its V position by using his other hand, making the cutting a bit of a struggle.

Good thing Teacher Julie showed me at one time we were at the Center, a scissor with a pretty little plastic stick in the middle of the handle.  Coming from the Center, we immediately trooped the nearest National Bookstore and for a price of a little over P130, Nico tried and discovered the fun in cutting with a scissor.

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The little piece of plastic stick automatically pushes back the scissor in its V position, making cutting easier for a preschooler just learning snip and manipulate the scissor.

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Talk about a simple, yet brilliant scissor invention that will make cutting activities for a preschooler more enjoyable.