These golf cutting strips have a special activity included! After being inspired by an image on Instagram, I added a special activity for children who have more advanced cutting skills.
All our free cutting strips are an instant download … super easy to download and prepare. You’ll find both traditional Montessori-style cutting strips and golf cutting strips with different cutting paths and a golf hole with flag. The second page is where you can use the added activity.
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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 typically use photographs or realistic images to emphasize reality. The photographs on the first page simply show a variety of children playing golf.
Preschoolers love to learn proper terminology, so I typically tell you the name of the objects or animals featured whenever I can. There isn’t a lot of terminology associated with these cutting strips, though.
Free Golf 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).
More Golf Resources and Activities
More Golf Activities and Resources
- Free Golf Printables and Montessori-Inspired Golf Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Fun with Golf Balls and Ping Pong Balls
- Activities with Marbles and Golf Tees from Montessori at Home!
- Patriotic Golf Tee Practical Life and Math Activity
- Awesome DIY Water Table with Red, White, and Blue Activities
- Free Summer Playdough Math Pack (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Montessori-Inspired Playdough Math Activities for Summer {Free Printables}
- Free Golfer Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- How to Teach Your Kids Manners and Good Character Through Golf
Montessori-Inspired Activities Using the Golf Cutting Strips
Golf Cutting Strips with Basket
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’m not sure where I got the basket, although the small Multicraft tray would work, too. I’ve always used Fiskar scissors for kids, which are sharp enough to cut paper easily.
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.
Special Activity with the Golf Cutting Strips
This activity isn’t my creation. I saw a brilliant DIY cutting activity by @evokulu on Instagram using DIY cutting strips with a soccer ball cutting toward a soccer net.
Cutting the Golf Ball into the Hole Using Golf Cutting Strips
Since that sort of activity also works perfectly for a golf ball and golf hole, I added a small golf ball to the credits page of the printable. You can cut that out (or use a standard-size hole punch to punch out a small white circle to represent a golf ball). Then attach the “golf ball” to the top of the scissors with reusable adhesive. As the child cuts the path of a cutting strips from page 2, the “golf ball” will move closer and closer to the hole.
My 4½-year-old granddaughter, Zoey, did a great job of cutting along the paths of a bunch of page 2 cutting strips. Then she decided to tape them together to make a squid! It did look somewhat like a squid, too!
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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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