A Cut Above the Rest

  People tell me I'm crazy for giving 3-5 year-olds scissors, and maybe their right, but it is all in an effort to help them develop their small motor skills.  what are small motor skills?
  Our bodies physical development is categorized into two

groups, large motor skills, like running, jumping and swimming, and small motor skills, like writing, tying shoes and cutting with scissors.  Small children start working on these skills as soon as they are born - holding their heads up and rolling over, large motor skills, grabbing their toys and feeding themselves, small motor skills.
  Kindergarten teachers will be assessing small motor skills right away - can they hold a pencil correctly? Can they turn pages in books?  So working on these skills is just part of their development.
  So, save your junk mail...and let them have a great time...with supervision of course ;)