Our first Montessori-like activity: cutting

First, GRITS cut fringes into a piece of paper.  He was concentrating so hard on this. 

 The he practiced with strips of cardboard, making little fichas.  These were quite crooked and of extremely varied sizes.

 Then, he went to the art station to load up his tray with supplies for the rainbow project.

 The idea was to cut up little pieces of paper and then glue them onto the correct spot, making a rainbow.

 This is what we have so far.  He is cutting straighter lines already, after a day of practice.  I think that he would have kept going for hours, but the babies needed us.