Cut and paste worksheets for preschool and kindergarten
Your child cuts out the pictures at the bottom of the page and glues each one into the right box. Sorting by size, sound or category, with lots of cutting practice along the way.
Kindergarten (ages 5-6)
Safety first
Use child-safe scissors and stay close by. Glue sticks are easier than liquid glue for small hands.
What cut and paste pages teach
Sorting is thinking with the hands: to put a picture in the right box, a child has to name it, decide which group it belongs to and say why. Every sort here has a clear rule, like winter or summer, or animals that sleep through the winter and animals that stay awake. Cutting along a line and gluing a small piece in place also build the hand strength that writing needs.
How to do one
Read the two headings together first, then name every picture before any cutting starts. Cut along the dashed lines only. Sort the pieces on the table, and glue them one at a time once your child is happy with the groups. If a picture lands in the wrong box, ask a question instead of correcting. The answer key on page two shows where each picture goes.
If scissors are still new
Cut the pictures out yourself and leave the sorting and gluing to your child; the thinking part is the same. For scissor practice on its own, start with the cutting lines in the tracing worksheets. For more pages of the season, see the winter worksheets.