Our PreSchool Blog

As we usher in a new month, the children have the opportunity to discover new things in our centers.  All of our centers have new items, but today we focused on the math, literacy and art centers.  Learning how to do new activities is just one more way to practice/learn a skill in a different way.

During the holidays, there is a big need for scissors….mostly wrapping all those presents!  Today the children practiced their scissor skills by cutting fringe for their place mats.  Starting with scissor safety, the boys and girls used their fine motor skills to make one cut snips create fringe to glue to the end of the place mat.  The children were so proud of how successful they were with all of their snips!

Cutting with scissors is a skill that takes time to develop.  Since the beginning of the year, the children have learned how to safely hold scissors when not using them, how to properly hold scissors when cutting, and how a line can be followed to help guide your cutting.  We are still working on the latter.  Today, the children did an excellent job trying to follow the lines while cutting out a barn.  Following lines to cut out specific pictures or shapes gives the children purpose for cutting.  When they finished, they glued the barn onto red paper, and then practiced tracing their names.

Working on more fine motor skills, Ms. Lori had the children make (adorable!) cotton ball sheep!  The children used their fingertips to pull the cotton apart and glue it onto the sheep.  Manipulating objects with fingertips is an excellent way to build fine motor muscles.  These sheep are being used as classroom decoration.

We practiced using our scissors today! This helps the child with their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.