*** Cutting Paper Bird Eggs ***

What is our theme? Fine Motor skills - cutting with scissors

What is the lesson (overall purpose)?  
Using your fine motor skills

MA Guidelines/Standards:
Physical Activities and Fitness pg.139
This section will be updated to reflect the Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework currently undergoing revision

• Show cutting skills including unstructured snipping (e.g., snipping pieces of plastic straws or strips of paper); cutting within a “track,” and cutting on a line and stopping at a marked point.

Learning Outcomes:
Fine Motor Skills 


Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvziIgtXXFM - Book 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhY5nlxptqM- Robin eggs hatching 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiM1lPrlElY - Book 


Materials:

• Paper
• Scissors
• pen and/or marker 

Activity (Procedure):

1. Gather materials 
2. With adult supervision have the child cut out and oval (egg shape). Adults, you can draw the oval shape for your child and then have your child cut on those lines. 
3. Have your child, or you draw wiggly lines, zig-zag lines, straight lines, etc. through the middle of the egg. 
4. With adult supervision have your child cut on those lines you created through the middle of the egg. 
5. When done, you can create a puzzle match game with the egg pieces you cut! 

Activity Wrap Up:
Working towards fine motor skills to eventually work on inde

How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
Show cutting skills including unstructured snipping (e.g., snipping pieces of plastic straws or strips of paper); cutting within a “track,” and cutting on a line and stopping at a marked point.pg. 139 


How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
See materials and procedure above.


Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
See materials and procedure above.

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