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The First Steps series is designed for young children, aged 2 and up, who have never used a workbook before. The colorful and easy exercises in each First Steps workbook provide toddlers with the opportunity to become comfortable with the tools that are essential in every school ? scissors, glue, pencils and crayons. These workbooks also teach the motor skills and problem-solving abilities that are a child?s First Steps towards success.
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很不错，益智的一本书，还想买其余的书
This activity book is amazing! I got the book for my four-year-old grandson because I noticed that he really had no clue as to how to use scissors effectively. I had never worked with the Kumon books before, and I was really impressed with the colorful pictures and the way the book progresses slowly yet steadily in the level of difficulty. This helps develop the child's scissors confidence and control, and it helps the child gradually train and strengthen the muscles used to manipulate scissors. At first the child makes multiple short straight cuts, eventually progressing to longer straight cuts to curves, spirals, and finally to outlines of objects and animals.
At first my grandson really struggled to make the cuts and couldn't manage holding the scissors and the paper at the same time. For the first ten or so activities my job was to hold the paper for him so that he could focus on manipulating the scissors. He needed lots of coaching and encouragement, and he would get frustrated, but he was so excited about making his own toys and presents for family members and decorations for parties, that he kept at it. He loved the results of the first two projects, cutting the whiskers for a dog and a cat, so much that he slept with them both during naps and at night.. Somehow he also got the idea that I should cut out the outlines of the animals so he could tape them onto chopsticks to make puppets. So each project had a "child part" and a "grandma part". Today's projects had the child cutting out the outlines of the objects and animals. I simply handed my grandson the child's portion of the pages, and he went and got the scissors and did them all himself and finished the whole book. It is the first time he has ever finished an entire activity book, and he was so excited about that. I signed his certificate of completion and he very proudly showed it off to Daddy when Daddy came to take him home. And my grandson took home four more puppets that he had made himself! And he asked to do more scissors projects!
The most impressive results from this activity book, though, are not about just scissors skills or even about being better prepared for kindergarten. These projects progressed at a rate that let him be successful even when he felt challenged. They developed his confidence and got him excited about making things himself and adding his own creative innovations. They inspired creative play. They encouraged generosity since he had lots of projects to give away as gifts. Through this scissors skills book, my grandson has discovered a love of learning and an enthusiasm for craft-style projects that will probably be life-long. Plus, he had a whole lot of fun with Grandma! That's a lot of value from one activity book.
I had also purchased the Melissa & Doug Scissor Skills Activity Pad for my grandson, but it was too advanced for him until now. He completed the first of the 20 activities today, and with his new-found enthusiasm for scissors activities, he will probably finish the entire activity pad this week. After that, I'm going back to Kumon books. Nothing else compares!
In closing, I want to make one really important point. It is crucial to have good children's blunt-tip scissors for these projects. We had already experimented with two different pairs of less expensive children's scissors,before breaking down and buying Fiskars 5 Inch Classic Blunt Tip Kids Scissors, Color Received May Vary. The Fiskars were such a huge improvement that I ended going back and getting a second pair for me, so that I could work side by side with my grandson so he could imitate me. The Fiskars are far more comfortable to use and their ergonomic shape gently guides the child's hand into the proper position. And they have large enough handles that I can use them quite comfortably for these kinds of projects.
I bought this for my 2.5 year old with no cutting experience when I bought her 5 year old brother the My First Book of Cutting. The first page was a disaster, she couldn't hold her scissors, couldn't make them open and close and couldn't make them advance on the paper. Two days later, she's finished the whole book and cutting independently.
The book's fun pictures were easy to remove and appealed to my daughter. She was very proud of the objects she cut out from this book. When I tried to draw shapes on plain paper after the book was completed, she was less interested in cutting, and asked for another cutting book instead. There is a completion certificate at the end and a bonus wipe clean cardboard page. I will be purchasing more in this series.
This product has been wonderful for my 2.5 year old. We love Kumon books for my 4 y.o, and were looking for something the help my little guy with cutting while his brother did his own cutting projects. This book is very age appropriate and a favorite for my boy. We love this for several reasons:
1. The book is small which makes cutting for small hands much easier and rewarding for them
2. Each page is supposed to be cut out so that their little hands can easily hold the square page and cut (with assistance)
3. The pages are thick which makes it easier for beginner cutters to avoid ripping the page while trying to cut.
4. The book itself, in true kumon fashion, grows with your child's development of the skill. As my son progresses in his cutting skills, the activity gets a slightly more challenging.
5. The cutting activities often are fun and engaging - making puzzles, masks, etc.My son LOVES puzzles and enjoys this aspect a lot.
6. There are several pages (About 40 pages). This is not something that you will finish in a week realistically. Your child will enjoy this for a while if activities are spread out.
7. I appreciate the reminder that your child is not perfect and is just learning, therefore they will make cutting mistakes. It's unrealistic to think a 2 year old will cut in a straight line, but as parents sometimes we forget that. The reminder is nice :)
We use this book with beginner safety scissors. There is absolutely no metal blade (made entirely of plastic). We are able to cut just fine with these scissors, even with wobbly two year old fingers. This is a winner in my book and I will definitely be purchasing more Kumon First Steps books for my little guy.
My barely-4-year-old daughter finished this book in one morning! But not in the bad way where she starts just ripping pages up and scribbling on them indiscriminately, she actually sat down, focused, and did the activities and it kept her happily busy for hours. We bought two of the Kumon cutting books and I love the colors and quality of the paper. The goals/activities are simple enough that she doesn't totally lose focus, but progressively challenging enough to force her to really try at them. We bought another cutting book from a different brand that was all cutting out boxes, so this is a nice contrast - it's got curves, spirals, zigzags, etc. She did need a few of the things explained (like the part where you cut across the mouth and overlap the pages afterwards so the little boy can "chew") but with a little guidance she understood these well and enjoyed them, without it she would have enjoyed the cutting anyway. We've ordered more of the Kumon books - the only downside is that keeping her in them is going to get expensive if she goes through the next ones at the same rate!
when i give these kumon workbooks to my 2 year old, he is mesmerized and cannot get enough. i know these books say that you are only supposed to do 2 or 3 a day, but when it comes to these "cut paper" workbooks, i can't tear him away. he will go through half of the book in a given day. we've bought multiples of these to feed his interests. just a month or so after introducing it for the first time, he's now an expert at cutting (for his age). the only ones he has trouble with are the ones where you have to cut in a circle or a curve. he has yet to master turning the paper and cutting slowly to follow around... he tends to just close the scissor all the way down and ends up cutting a straight line instead. haha. anyway, we have a lot of fun with these books together. i highly recommend them.
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