Cut and Match Worksheet: Fun Matching Activity for Kids
This general cut-and-match activity has children ages 3-5 cut out individual cards or pieces and then figure out which ones go together, combining scissor control with visual matching and comparison skills. Because the matching pairs aren't pre-arranged the way they are in a simple line-tracing matching worksheet, your child also has to search and compare across all the pieces, a slightly more demanding visual task.
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Preschool Scissor Skills Activity Book: Fine Motor & Craft Fun for Ages 3-6
This is page 8 of the pack. Ages 3-6 · Preschool–KindergartenAges 3-6 · Nursery–Year 1Ages 3-6 · Nursery–UKGAges 3-6
Curriculum
- Fine Motor > Scissor Skills & Cutting
How to use this worksheet
Cut out all the cards or pieces with your child first, laying them out on the table once finished so every piece is visible. Ask your child to look for pairs that go together, whether by picture, color, or shape, and set matched pairs aside as they find them. Once all the pairs are found, glue each matched set together or side by side on a blank sheet. Review the finished matches together, naming what makes each pair go together.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Play a simple memory matching card game using a store-bought or homemade deck.
- 2Sort laundry socks into matching pairs as a real-life version of the same skill.
- 3Match household items by color or shape, like pairing a red block with a red cup.
- 4Play a blindfolded texture matching game, feeling pairs of objects to find matches without looking.
- 5Make a sticker matching activity, placing pairs of identical stickers on opposite sides of a folded paper.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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