Cut and glue practice from pre-K to second grade. Sort shapes and pictures, glue words next to their pictures, put sentences in order, match syllables, and place animals and events where they belong. Nine free sheets, black and white.
Pre-K to KCut out nine circles, squares and triangles of different sizes and glue each one under its shape. With answer key.
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Pre-K to KCut out the pictures and glue each one in the right box: animal or food. From the sorting worksheets.
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KindergartenRead the short vowel words down the side, cut them out and glue each one next to its picture. With answer key.
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KindergartenCut out the words of three sight word sentences and glue them in order under each picture. With answer key.
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Grade 1Cut apart the mixed-up words, put them in order and glue the sentence down. From the 1st grade November worksheets.
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KindergartenColor the pieces, cut them out and glue together a face. From the kindergarten October worksheets.
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Grade 2Cut out the second halves of two-syllable words and glue each one to its first half. From word work Level 6.
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Grades 1 to 3Cut out the animals and plants and glue each one into its layer of the rainforest. From the rainforest layers page.
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Grades 2 to 4Cut out the picture cards and glue them on the timeline in the order they happened. From the dinosaurs timeline for kids.
Download PDFThe sheets run from easiest to hardest. Each one needs scissors, a glue stick and about fifteen minutes.
Cut and paste worksheets do two jobs at once. The cutting builds hand strength and control for writing, and the sorting or ordering is the real lesson: shapes, sounds, words, sentences, or the order things happened. Because the pieces can be moved before they are glued, a child can try an answer, look at it and change it, which a pencil worksheet does not allow.
Three sheets here are new: Sort the Shapes, Cut and Glue the Words and Build a Sentence, each with its answer key on page 2. The rest are free cut and paste sheets from elsewhere on the site, collected here: the sorting worksheets, the kindergarten and 1st grade monthly worksheets, word work Level 6, the rainforest layers page and the dinosaurs timeline for kids.
For scissor practice on its own, the tracing lines and cutting practice worksheets start with straight lines and work up to zigzags, waves and steps. More word work with cut and glue sheets is in the CVC word work packs, and more sight word sentences on the sight words page.
From about age 3, once a child can use child-safe scissors with a grown-up nearby, up to second grade. The shape and picture sorts suit pre-K and kindergarten; the sentence, syllable, science and history sheets suit grades 1 and 2.
Scissor control and hand strength, which help with handwriting, plus whatever the sheet is about: sorting, reading words, putting words in order to make a sentence, or putting events in order.
A glue stick for small hands. Liquid glue soaks the paper and the small pieces slide. Put glue on the page, then press the piece on.
Sort the Shapes, Cut and Glue the Words and Build a Sentence have the answer key on page 2. On the others, check that each piece is in the right place.
Each card downloads a PDF. Print on US Letter paper at 100 percent (actual size). Card stock makes the pieces easier to cut and handle.
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