Short metal blades are closed for cutting by squeezing the coated loop handles together. Blades open automatically when grasp is eased. Helps reinforce basic open and close pattern. These scissors work conventionally. The blades must be opened and closed using finger strength but the design allows the strength of the whole hand to be used for the cutting action.
Thumb hole isolates out the thumb, but all the other fingers work together.
Great scissors for the more experienced cutter. What a time saver, a whole collection of scissor activities for training, in one place. Over 60 pages of reproducible cutting exercises can be found in the 90 page spiral bound book. Written by two pediatric occupational therapists, the book reviews the impact of sitting posture, shoulder stability, arm and wrist control, fine motor skills, visual perceptual skills and bilateral integration on the development of scissor skills. After all this, you get pages of activity sheets for cutting straight lines, lines with one and then more than one directional change.