IMPROVING THE PRE-KINDERGARTNERS’ SCISSORS SKILLS USING CUTTING KIT

Scissors skill refer to the ability to utilize scissors correctly. It includes cutting activities integrating basic lines such as straight, curve, zigzag, and wavy, and basic shapes such as square, rectangle, oval, circle, and triangle. Children at a young age should have the necessary skills to cut online boundaries. Hence, the manifestation of the pre-kindergartners’ scissors skills led to this study, focusing on integrating the Cutting Kit Tool as an intervention. This study was conducted at the Mariano Marcos State University – Center for Inclusive Early Childhood Education (CIECE) during the A.Y. 2022-2023, with five (5) pre-kindergartners as the respondents of the study. This study aimed to improve the respondents’ scissors skills using the cutting kit tool. A researcher-made cutting activities were utilized to gather data. These were tallied, treated, and analyzed using mean and t-test. It was found that the Cutting Kit is an effective intervention tool that contributes to the improvement of the scissors skills of the respondents. The longer the exposure of the respondents to the cutting kit tool, the higher the chance of improving their cutting skills and gripping skills. Thus, teachers should integrate this tool to improve the scissors skills of the pre-kindergartners.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0257/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>