Episode 11: Cut It Out!
from Learning Made Easier
In this week's podcast Julia Eggles, occupational therapist and author, looks at scissor skills. Research tell us that fine motor skills are are reliable predictor of cognitive development in the early years, and even into high school. Yet increasingly reports are that children are arriving at school with less fine motor competence in greater numbers than ever before. If we are to help our children be truly ready for the demands of school, it seems that a greater focus needs to be placed on key fine motor skills such as using scissors. Julia looks at what makes scissor skills so important and goes onto discuss ways to foster them, with a few key strategies and tools.
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