Cutting Up with Mommy

Sandy thought the boys’ goal of learning to use scissors could be accomplished fairly easily. The difficult part, as it worked out, was selecting and purchasing the right scissors. She wanted models that were age appropriate and provided as much safety for 3-year olds as possible. Since Davey is right handed and Benji is left handed, she needed to find models that could be used with either hand. Ideally, she wanted to find a blue and a green pair to match the boys’ colors, but Davey had to accept a red pair. Once the proper color coded scissors were selected, Sandy sat down with the boys and some paper. Each loved the process of cutting paper and did so until the pages were confetti. When the activity was over, the boys cried when Mommy collected the trash and put the scissors away. Check off another developmental goal.