Let's Cut Paper: Amazing Animals (Kumon First Steps Workbooks)

The kiddo loves these! I was told by his preschool teacher that he needed to work on his cutting and tried some printable worksheets with different lines and shapes to cut, but he was bored with these and cutting practice turned into a chore. I was so happy. When I stumbled across this line of books. This particular one really captured my 5 year old's attention and he now begs to do his "cutting homework" he does a couple pages everyday and his cutting has significantly improved. I like how it progresses in difficulty- gives my son the right amount of a challenge without being frustrating. Overall, it would highly recommend to parents, teachers and care givers! Cutting practice is often overlooked by parents when preparing their kiddos for school- don't make the same mistake I did! I felt quite silly having focused all my attention on learning the alphabet, name writing, numbers, shapes etc. and having my child not know how to hold a pair of scissors lol Don't beat yourself up if you're like me though , kids learn fast!

She worked with it immediately

My kids' preschool teachers are always talking about scissor practice being great for fine motor skills, plus my children both love cutting things up. This book is a great way to keep them interested and cutting things they are SUPPOSED to cut. ;) The book instructs parents to cut the project from the page for the child, but I just tear out an entire page and hand it to them, and that's one more line they get to cut. The pages are stiff enough to be easy for them to manage, but no so stiff as to be hard to cut. It is a bit basic for my 4 year old, so it's more a toy than educational for her, but I'll still buy more when they've finished chopping up this one because they enjoy it so much and it keeps them busy. I do have to hang around to tear out the pages, but it works well for when I'm cooking dinner and they want to hang out in the kitchen with me.

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.

I was quite surprised with how small it was while I was holding it, BUT, it is actually perfect for a preschool to handle! He tries to follow the grey line when he is cutting! He is at the very beginning stage of learning how to cut!! He does like it!

My four year old loves these books and went through this quickly! The books are sequential -- kids practice cutting simple lines, then curves, etc before moving onto more sophisticated projects. My four year old needs a little practice with scissors and this book was great motivation. He could do most of the projects on his own. The pictures are really cute and colorful and the projects are interesting to preschool aged children. I would recommend this for ages 2.5 on up, depending on your child's fine motor skills.

My 3- and 5-year-old grandsons in preschool and prekindergarten love cutting stuff with their little safety scissors, so I got them some of these Kumon books. They plow right through them, but it occupies them happily for an hour or so and I can see real progress in their ability to use scissors from when they first started with these books. The most dramatic improvement is with the 3-year-old. My 4-year-old grandson isn't so crazy about them, but I expect he'll come around to it (or not). Kids are funny.

This is my fourth Kumon cutting book and I love them all. I like that this is a half-size book because my son has an easier time rotating the pages while cutting. Each page features an animal and make for fun pretend play after cutting out. Most of the time your child is just asked to cut along the lines, but there is also a bit of folding or glue/taping pieces together after cutting. Each page offers tips for the parents at the top as well as a "finished" picture.My son loves these books and if I don't limit him would easily go through the whole book in a couple days.

My 3 year old son enjoyed every page of this but I wouldn’t buy again as I can easily draw pictures for him to cut instead of buying an expensive book which only last a couple of hours.

Great book for developing cutting skills. My two year old and 5 year old both really enjoy it

Grandkids love it so I do too

My 3 year old in 2 days has basically mastered cutting with this book. He loves the fun animals and being able to cut and make a dog’s tail wag or a pelican eat fish, etc.Makes learning fun! Highly recommend this!

Bought for my nearly 4 year old, she loves cutting out the pictures and has helped her fine motor skills.