Fall is my favorite time of year for themed-activities! Simply Special Ed’s Cut and Paste Fine Motor Sheets are my go-to activities with all students who are working on scissor skills because of how easy they are to up and downgrade! They are motivating for a variety of age groups and you would be surprised how challenging puzzle-type activities are for students! Any time I can work on visual perceptual skills, I do! Check out Taylor’s blog on figure ground to learn more about the importance of visual motor and visual perceptual skills!
What is included in each cut + paste fine motor set?
- 82 pages of cut and paste seasonally themed puzzles
- Color and black and white options with highlighted lines
- Color and black and white options without solid black lines
The October Cut + Paste Fine Motor Sheets
These fine motor sheets are like puzzles! Students can color and then cut them apart on the lines provided! Once they are cut, they can put them back together like a puzzle to see the picture again!
Who does themed activities in October? ME! While I’d ideally love to theme all my weekly activities, sometimes I just don’t have time. However, October is one month where I find it so fun and simple to theme all of my activities to keep things fun for my students! The October Cut and Paste Fine Motor Sheets are a great, motivating way to encourage fine motor practice! I like that some of the images in these cut and paste resources are fall-themed like the owl, while others are Halloween-themed. There are a ton of great Halloween-themed resources to supplement these fine motor sheets as well! For example, the No Prep Basic Skills Halloween Worksheets or these fun visual recipes or visual crafts! Check out the October Activity Bundle or October Adapted Book Bundle to add to your monthly theme!
Quick Tips on Adding More Fine Motor Skills
- Do your students have fine motor control or coloring goals? Have students color the black and white pictures before cutting them! I like to use flip crayons [affiliate link] to promote mature grasp and in-hand manipulation skills!
- Do your students have pre-writing or tracing goals? Students can practice tracing by highlighting their own lines before cutting! Check out my series on pre-writing for more info on this topic!
- Are you having difficulty fading assistance to promote independence? This resource makes it easy to scaffold support as there are a variety of different versions. Start with the highlighted ones with fewer lines and work up to more complex pictures with non-highlighted lines.
- Having difficulty motivating your students to cut? I find these worksheets to be super motivating for my students! I also like using them with groups! Sometimes kiddos are motivated to complete their best work when they know they will be giving their group partner the pieces to put back together rather than just doing it themselves!
- Are your students not yet ready to independently use scissors? No worries! I have TONS of students who use a variety of adapted scissors! Below is a picture of spring assisted scissors [affiliate link] a lot of my students use to reduce fatigue when cutting. Check out Stephanie’s blog where she talks about using tabletop scissors! There are tons of other ways to adapt as well!
I hope you love these fine motor sheets as much as I do! Comment below with how you use them in your classroom or head on over to our Facebook group to share pictures! Happy Halloween!
