Our farm unit has been lots of fun, and these farm animal cutting strips are designed to be extra fun! I designed the printable to coordinate with farm animal figures to add extra interest and learning activities. As usual with our cutting strips, the free farm animal cutting strips are super easy to download and prepare.
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Montessori-Inspired Printables at Living Montessori Now
My daughter, Christina (a former Montessori child), and I are partnering to bring you a series of Montessori-inspired printables. (Note: Christina has some sweet, themed kids’ fitness printables that are great for homes or classrooms!)
The printables are typically themed and use a number of Montessori principles (although you don’t need to be a Montessori teacher or homeschooler to use them). The cutting strips use photographs or realistic images to emphasize reality.
Preschoolers love to learn proper terminology, so I tell you the name of the objects or animals featured whenever I can. These cutting strips have farm animals that go with the Safari Ltd. Farm TOOB. I didn’t try to match the breed of animal with the animals in the Farm TOOB because there’s more than one version of the farm TOOB available. We tell in the credits which breed of animal each image in the cutting strips is.
Free Farm Animal Cutting Strips
To download, click here and then click on the file image in the upper right corner of the PDF to save to your computer (just choose where you want it saved).
Montessori-Inspired Activities Using the Farm Animal Cutting Strips
Farm Cutting Strips with Tray and Safari Ltd Farm Figures
Cutting skills are so important for preschoolers. Two year olds can begin working on them, too. When children are first working on cutting skills, they’ll have an easier time cutting cardstock than paper. So, in the beginning, I recommend printing the strips on cardstock. Printer paper is fine for children with more advanced cutting skills.
I used a small Multicraft tray to hold the cutting strip work. I’ve always used Fiskar scissors for kids, which are sharp enough to cut paper easily. For interest, I added the matching animal figures from the Safari Ltd. Farm TOOB.
For home use with the cutting work, I like to have a small container to catch the paper scraps. I used a small wooden box we had, although you could use any small container. For younger children, I recommend keeping the basket or tray up out of reach when it’s not being used.
For classroom use, you might want to use Ziplock bags to catch the scraps. Children have fun taking their scraps home in a bag … or saving them to paste onto a collage.
A fun activity with the farm animal cutting strips could be to have the child paste the pieces from a few different strips onto a paper and then have the child jump the farm animals from matching farm animal image to matching farm animal image.
Another idea would be to have the child make a farm scene using a cut-out image of each farm animal.
More Farm Resources
Free Farm Printables and Activities for a Montessori-Inspired Farm Unit
- Free Farm Songs and Educational Videos
- Montessori-Inspired Farm Unit {Hundreds of Resources}
- Montessori-Inspired Corn Unit
- Safari Ltd. Farm TOOBS and Keys
- Free Farm Printables and Montessori-Inspired Activities Using Farm Replicas and Printables
- 40+ Farm Sensory Tub
- Inexpensive, Simple-to-Prepare Montessori Grammar Farm
- Montessori-Inspired Farm Animal Matching/Vocabulary for Babies and Toddlers
- Farm, Zoo, & Ocean Animal Sensory Bottles for Babies and Toddlers
- Montessori-Inspired Horse Unit
- Story Stones – Farm Animal Families Treasure Basket
- Free Lamb Printables and Montessori-Inspired Lamb Activities
- Free Lamb Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Lamb Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Montessori-Inspired Farm Unit {Hundreds of Resources}
- The Montessori Grammar Farm for Learning Grammar the Hands-on, Fun Way
- Free Duckling Printables and Montessori-Inspired Duckling Activities
- Free Make Way for Ducklings Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- The Best Duck and Duckling Books for Kids
- Fun 100 Board Extension – Count 100 Ducks {Free Printable}
- Free Duckling Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Farm Unit Study Pinterest Board
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The Best Way to Begin Working on Scissor Cutting Skills
Even before using cutting strips, I recommend using an easier object to cut, such as strings of beads. You’ll find lots of tips and ideas for teaching scissor skills in my post on developing scissor cutting skills with Montessori-inspired activities.
More Montessori-Inspired Paper Cutting Activities
You’ll find ideas for home and classroom setups in my post on Montessori-inspired paper cutting activities.
All Our Free Themed Cutting Strips
I’ve arranged the following gallery in alphabetical order. Just click on an image to go to the post with the related free printable!
You can see all our free cutting strips with the latest at the top here.
I hope your child (or students) enjoys using the cutting strips. 🙂
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