Valentine’s Day Cutting Activities

February means it’s time for Valentine’s Day Cutting Activities!

This 20 PAGE Valentine’s Day themed pack is arranged with a developmental approach.  Scissor skills ranging from snipping paper, to cutting on lines, to cutting arc lines, to cutting shapes, to cutting complex shapes are provided.  In other words, lots of cutting practice for a variety of skill levels!! Grab your scissors and these Valentine’s Day Printables and let’s get started!

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First, we’ll look at what’s included in this Valentine’s Day Cutting Pack.  Next, you’ll get to see WHO benefits from these cutting activities.  Then, we’ll look at why developing cutting skills are important for children! Finally, we will look at other Valentine’s Day Activities including HOW YOU CAN SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUNDLE AND A FREE SAMPLE!!

This Valentine’s Day Cutting Activities Pack Includes:

• Instruction Page on how to complete each activity
• A Simple Guide for the Developmental Progression of Cutting skills- This allows you to know exactly what cutting activity your child should start with and how to progress them! Since these printable worksheets target a variety of developmental levels, they are perfect for preschool classrooms, categorical special education classrooms, and certainly for school based occupational therapist where a group of kiddos at different skills levels can work on similar cutting worksheets! Meaning, it’s not a one-size fits all pack!

CUTTING SKILLS WORKSHEETS:

• Snipping Paper – children can work on opening and closing scissors as they snip around a picture
• Cutting Lines – Now it’s time to start advancing the scissors across a variety on line lengths PLUS an arc line!
• Shapes – To start, let’s work on manipulating paper and try cutting some developmental shapes including circle, square, triangle, pentagon, and heart! Want to add some matching skills to this cutting activity?  In addition to cutting shapes, children can paste them to the matching shapes on the following page!
•  Complex Shapes – a Valentine Bear scene is included with an added fine motor activity!  First, cut on the dotted lines.  Next, have the child cut out the 3 shapes and glue them on the picture.  Finally, they can complete a fine motor activity.  On the sheet, you will find 10 circles.  You can have the child place pennies, poms using tongs, or stickers on the circles.  The stickers I like to use are here and here.  The reinforcement stickers add an extra challenge.  Have the child draw on the reinforcement sticker trying to stay on the path.  Using crayons or markers to color in the circles is another idea!  My students LOVE these scented markers because they add olfactory input! If you need smaller markers for smaller hands, these pip squeak markers work well!

WHO ARE THE Valentine’s Day CUTTING ACTIVITIES FOR?

• Occupational Therapists, Teachers, and Parents will love this fun creative Valentine’s Day themed pack to help improve cutting skills for developmental ages 3-6!

**This is a 20 Page Downloadable PDF File.  No products will be shipped**

*Adult supervision is recommended for safety with all our activities. These activities should not take the place of medical or therapeutic intervention/advice.

 

IN CONCLUSION, WHY ARE CUTTING SKILLS IMPORTANT?

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You’ll understand what skills are being addressed and their importance!

BUT THERE’S MORE! Check out these other Valentine’s Day Activities including the Valentine’s Day Bundle AND a FREE SAMPLE!

 

FINE MOTOR Activities, Click HERE!

WRITING Activities, Click HERE!

SAVINGS BUNDLE, Click HERE!

FREE SAMPLE, Click HERE!

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