- Child safe scissors
- Old Christmas Cards
- Tissue paper
- Bead garland
- Bits of wrapping paper
- Ribbon
Cannon had practiced using scissors only once before, so I was hoping this activity would be novel enough to keep his interest for at least 30 minutes (all it consisted of were various Christmas items which he could cut up at his pleasure). I was wrong. He sat there exploring and cutting each material for an hour. And when he left the tray, he would come back later in the day to do it again. He came back to repeat this activity no less than 6 times during the day! I was thrilled it kept his attention for so long and it gave him a great opportunity to practice his cutting skills!
My biggest surprise came when he was cutting some tissue paper. He made a few horizontal cuts that stopped short of cutting through the whole paper when he excitedly held it up and told me “Look mama, a E!” I was so stinkin’ proud! I love watching his literacy skills improve every day, and this was such a creative way for him to make the letter E (insert proud mama face here) 🙂