{"id":2979,"date":"2018-11-06T04:48:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T04:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2018-11-06T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T14:16:48","slug":"paper-snipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/11\/06\/paper-snipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Paper Snipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Materials<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00bd -inch strips of purple construction paper<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2982 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/11\/Paper-snipping-Sam-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/11\/Paper-snipping-Sam-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/11\/Paper-snipping-Sam-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\nChild-size beginner scissors<br \/>\nPlastic bowl or plate<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nLearning to hold scissors properly is an awkwardly difficult task in the beginning, and requires lots of short practice sessions to get it right!&nbsp; I like to get my scissors at the dollar store. They have a brand that has a small, plastic arm in between the finger holes that helps force the scissors apart so your child can continue snipping.<\/p>\n<p>Begin by getting your child\u2019s fingers in the proper place\u2014thumb in the smaller hole and pointer and middle fingers in the bigger hole.&nbsp; Make sure your child holds the scissors upright. Start out by holding the paper taut for him and let him snip it. Repeat several times. Praise his success!&nbsp; As he becomes more adept at the snipping process, encourage him to hold one end of the paper himself. Keep your sessions short and positive, as snipping is quite challenging for preschoolers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After several practice sessions, give your child wider strips of paper (1 \u00bd&nbsp; inches) which require more than one \u201csnip\u201d to cut through. You can even draw lines with a Sharpie pen as his skill improves!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00bd -inch strips of purple construction paper Child-size beginner scissors Plastic bowl or plate Directions&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Learning to hold scissors properly is an awkwardly difficult task in the beginning, and requires lots of short practice sessions to get it right!&nbsp; I like to get my scissors at the dollar store. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/11\/06\/paper-snipping\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Purple Paper Snipping&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2997,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979\/revisions\/2997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}