Methods: Cutting Skills METHOD EFFICIENCY The method is useful for: • eye-hand coordination • simultaneous digital coordination • spatial orientation • recognizing geometric figures • tactile stimulation SPECIFIC SUPPORT MATERIAL In order to form and develop cutting skills, the following material is necessary: A) a chart with a range of worksheets, organized on different degrees of difficulty, that go  progressively from basic to complex skills, and refer to the following activities: • Cutting up to a given point • Cutting straight lines • Cutting curves • Cutting simple drawings • Cutting a broken line • Cutting a dotted line • Cutting the interior of a drawing • Cutting and assembling B) a set of adapted blunt pointed scissors as follows: - one-hand scissors (both for the right and for the left hand) - scissors with or without finger support - scissors with table support

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