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Melissa & Doug Scissor Skills Activity Book With Pair of Child-Safe Scissors (20 Pages) – FSC Certified

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I purchased this to help my five year old daughter learn how to use scissors. I’ve always been apprehensive about letting her use scissors because of the risks (helicopter parent here). So when I happened to come across this when I was aimlessly searching through educational stuff for kids, I jumped on the purchase!These scissors only cut the paper in the book. They will not cut skin, hair or clothing. Which is good to know when you have kids who have a new found skill and get carried away with it! The scissors cut fairly well, unless the child is holding them slightly to an angle, then it more or less rips the paper rather than cutting. It’s slightly frustrating when you’re trying to teach a child to cut, because they obviously don’t have the best coordination right off the bat. So even 6 pages in, we still had issues with her ripping rather than seamlessly cutting the paper. Obviously with actual scissors, if you’re not holding them completely perpendicular, it will still cut the paper, so I guess it’s just what you get with practice scissors.My child really enjoys this activity book. At least once every other day she will ask to do something cutting. I try to limit her to two sheets per session because I’d like to make this booklet last. I do appreciate that the booklet begins with easy cutting tasks and then as you progress through the booklet, they get more difficult. Melissa & Doug products are always pretty well thought out and effective, so I’m not surprised with how nice this purchase turned out.
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