Fine Motor Worksheets for Kids: Cutting, Tracing and Mazes

Cutting with scissors uses both hands and lots of small muscles. Mazes give children a reason to keep their pencil steady. Together they make a great fine motor pair.

Starting with scissors

1. Use child-safe scissors that fit their hand.
2. Begin by snipping paper strips.
3. Move on to cutting along a straight line.
4. Then try zigzags and waves.
5. Stay close and supervise.

Tips for scissors

• Show the thumb-up hold: thumb in the small loop, fingers in the bigger loop.
• Hold the paper with the other hand.
• Turn the paper, not the scissors, on curves.
• Cut strips of old magazines for extra practice.

Using the maze

Start at the green dot and find a path to the star with a pencil. There is always a way through. Mazes build planning, focus and pencil control.

More ideas

• Cut playdough with scissors.
• Cut straws into beads for threading.
• Draw a maze in chalk on the ground.