My First Book Of Cutting (Kumon Workbooks) Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of My First Book Of Cutting (Kumon Workbooks)
Book Review: Fantastic book!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a teacher, I can't say enough good things about this book. It teaches cutting skills in a nice sequential manner and the cute designs and bright colors are highly motivating for my 3 year old daughter. I can't wait to buy more Kumon prodcuts.Book Review: Have scissors, will cut
Summary: 5 Stars
Most children are fascinated with scissors and love to use them, yet they really have very little in their lives they can meaninfully cut. So what happens? Mom's magazine gets snipped to ribbons, baby sister or the dog get an amateur barber job, maybe they become a fashion designer: "I think my pants would be better as shorts!" Thankfully Kumon has come to the rescue and has come up with a book for children that they CAN cut, have fun with, and mom won't be upset!
I reviewed Kumon's First Steps Series LET'S CUT PAPER, and that is the good FIRST book for cutting. Once your child has done that one, then there is this book with 40 wonderful, colorful pages to cut! Kumon recommends MY FIRST BOOK OF CUTTING for ages 3-4-5, but I can tell you it is great for an older child too. There are many children who are a bit delayed in developing such fine motor skills such as handling a pair of scissors. My son is 8 years old and loves this book. It is not babyish at all, is very fun and has given him much needed practice in cutting.
PLEASE!! Do your child a favor by giving him, along with this book, a GOOD pair of scissors! Cheap scissors abound for children, and if given those, their projects will looked chewed, and not cut. Both Fiskars and Crayola make very nice scissors for children. We have been using Crayola, with all metal blades, and get very good results.
Okay, what are the projects to cut in this book? Well,the first are simple, cutting vertically from the bottom of the page along thick grey lines...cut and stop at when you reach the fruit, the flag, or the building. The next ones are printed horizontally on the page, but still a child will no doubt hold the paper so they are cutting vertically. Project #6 is cutting along the teeth of 2 combs. #8-#11 are having the children cut diagonal lines, and some change direction. #12 is cutting a pentagon shape, which is of a cuckoo clock. #13 goes back to zig zag lines as you cut each floor of the buildings.#14 is fun, cut out a girl on her rectangle bed and cover her with the rectangle blanket you cut out.#15 has you cut apart the squares of the chocolate bar! There are pages for cutting out various objects: the sun, a fox, sandwiches, a hamburger on a plate, sport balls, a pine tree, a bunch of bananas, etc. There is a paper necklace to cut out, a rainbow to snip into separate colors, and the end projects are cutting out animals and vehicles, when folded on the dotted line, become 2 sided and will stand on the table. Really fun and cute, not babyish, and any child would love this book! Once your child has mastered the cutting in this book, they would probably also enjoy Kumon's MY BOOK OF PASTING, MY BOOK OF PASTING: JIGSAW PUZZLES, and MY BOOK OF EASY CRAFTS. Unsure of what gift to get a child who seems to have everything? Give this book, and a pair of good scissors, and you will have given them many joyful,creative hours. I don't know how anyone could not like this book...enjoy!
Book Review: Enjoyable and Effective
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book for my 3 1/2 year old daughter, and she completed it in about 3 weeks. She looked forward to each page, and seemed to especially enjoy getting the certificate at the end (this is our first Kumon book). She even played with the shapes she cut out afterwards for several days. My only suggestion would be that it would be easier to remove the pages if the left hand margin were perforated. Otherwise, a very worthwhile and fun book for kiddos!Book Review: Great intro to using scissors!
Summary: 5 Stars
We like the Kumon books very much. We have several including My First Book of Cutting. My 3 year old was evaluated at preschool and did great on everything except cutting, so I immediately ordered this book since he had enjoyed the Tracing and Uppercase Letters workbooks. He loves it! We do 2-3 pages per sitting and he is already getting much better at his cutting skills and we're only about 15 pages into the book.
My only complaint is that it is designed for right-handed cutters since the little arrows & scissors start from the right side of the page. My son is left-handed so I have him flip the paper over so he follows the arrows from left to right instead of vice versa.
Book Review: Fast Skill Builder
Summary: 5 Stars
I recommend this book for anyone who would like to help their child develop fine motor skills. Make sure to wait till your child is ready to hold the scissors properly and follow instruction before beginning the book. Once the child is ready - you will be surprised how interested in the book they become and how quickly their skills improve. When I looked through the book I thought maybe it was going to move a little too fast, but now I see that it actually improves the child's skills that quickly!
I bought this book for my daughter when she was almost 3 but discovered she was not quite ready for it. She would not hold the scissors properly and became frustrated when I tried to show her how to hold them so there was no point it doing this book under those circumstances. So instead I provided plain construction paper cut into different shapes and left whole for her to work on her skills individually. Many times she would only cut once into the paper and not want to follow a line into the paper. Then recently (around 3 ½) I re-introduced the book. She made it all the way down the gray lines on the page. I was so proud of her. Then as we did a page a day (sometimes every other day) I couldn't believe it when a about a week later she was cutting zig zag lines, cutting cut candy bars, and making a bed for a dolly. She looks ahead in the book and is excited about the next projects. The paper is high quality and printed with bright colors. Now when she works on cutting construction paper she can cut out new shapes on her own. I only wish they had an advanced version so she can continue on after she completes this one!