How to hold the scissors? Does this really require special skills? Of course, nothing complicated ... If everything was well explained to you since childhood! So, how to hold the scissors? Let's try to figure it out.
How to hold scissors: we study since childhood
So, more details. How to hold the scissors, you must learn as a child. The smaller the hand, the more difficult. Although many babies are ready for these actions in three or four years. Well, by the age of six, of course, every child must know how to hold the scissors correctly. In adulthood, no one will think about it. Everything happens on the machine there.
Quality tool
Before you figure out how to properly hold the scissors for children, you need to decide what exactly they should be in general. The tool should be very good and comfortable in the child’s hand. An important point is sharpening. One side should be sharpened as best as possible so that the baby can easily cut paper or cardboard. Dumb scissors will not cut, they will "chew". The tool should have rounded tips. The baby in this case will not be able to prick or injure a neighbor. If your child is left-handed, find scissors made specifically for these children. Otherwise, he will not see the cut line when working with a conventional tool.
Terms of use
Where to begin? Start telling the children step by step how to hold the scissors correctly. To get started, explain to them that the tool can only be used to work with paper (so that the kids do not cut their hair, fingers, tablecloths or clothes). If you suddenly see that the child wants to cut something off, take away the scissors from him. Do not return them until he himself says that he will use them only for their intended purpose.
Tell your baby that you cannot walk, run or jump with scissors. Teach him to hand over the scissors to his comrades - forward with handles.
But before you give the crumbs into the hands of scissors, play with him in special games created to improve hand-eye coordination. Such games also help to make the baby's fingers stronger.
Teaching a child
What next? How to teach a child to hold scissors correctly? Make sure that the baby holds the handle in a special way - so that the thumb looks up. Put one of the little rings on it. After this, the baby needs to pass the tip of the middle finger into another ring. Place the index finger of the child outside on the second ring. Bend the little finger and the nameless one into the palm of your hand. Sometimes the nameless can fit in the second ring with the index and middle. Place a sheet of paper in front of the child slightly above the level of his eyes. Cutting it up, he will automatically take the scissors correctly.
Keep up with your skills.
Taught? We continue! Show your child how you cut paper yourself, how you cut triangles or circles. Show patience, support the baby, even if he could not make an incision. Over time, the baby will master the skills better and better. Do not forget that he needs practice. Consider the process of mastering skills in stages:
- the baby is interested in working with scissors;
- the child begins to hold the scissors correctly;
- the baby randomly opens and closes the scissors;
- the kid cuts a piece of paper;
- the child cuts the paper, making two or more cuts;
- the baby cuts the paper in half;
- the baby cuts a square on its own;
- The child cuts out more complex shapes.
As soon as the baby has learned all this, it remains only to continue to improve their skills. Perhaps in the future, his profession will be associated with scissors? I.e? The hairdresser? Well, how to keep the scissors when cutting?
For hairdressers
There is a separate discussion about this. How to hold the scissors to the hairdresser? To begin with, scissors are the most important tool for a hairdresser. Therefore, before you start working on haircuts, you need to learn the basics.
Every person who takes a hairdresser's scissors in their hands immediately recognizes that it’s much harder to wield them than ordinary scissors. The beginner's fingers are inexperienced, the movements are uncertain. But still, the hand gets used to all this very quickly.
In order to cope with this tool, hold it correctly. Take the scissors in your right hand (for righties). Let them lie in the palm of your hand like the most ordinary model. But! One caveat! Here, instead of the middle finger, hairdressers use the ring finger, which is placed in the lower ring.
Always keep the scissors in front of you with the blades forward. Do not strain your fingers. And do not insert them too deep into the rings. Teach your thumb immediately to rest against the ring only with a small pad. This is necessary for convenience, because when cutting, this finger is the leading one.
The next question is the position of the scissors. It may be working or non-working. When cutting scissors holds a relaxed brush. The little finger lies on a special tail of the lower ring. At the intersection, the tool supports the index finger. In the idle position, you can hold the comb, scissors to the side without putting off. This saves a lot of time. You don’t have to rush between the bedside table and the chair. In this case, the ring finger remains in the ring, the thumb is removed and pressed to the palm. Beginning hairdressers need some skill in order to get used to change the position of scissors as quickly as possible without the help of the left hand.
Do not forget to rinse the scissors with cool running water after each haircut. This is important not only in terms of hygiene. Each person has his own unique aura. It can not be transferred to other people's hair!