(soft music plays)

John says CUTTING AND PASTING.

John sits at a desk. He is five years old and has short curly black hair.

A Male Storyteller says HERE'S JOHN!
HE'S GOT COLOURFUL MARKERS,
SCISSORS AND GLUE STICKS.
PRETTY FUN!
WHAT DO YOU THINK JOHN?
ARE YOU READY TO CUT AND PASTE
ALL ON YOUR OWN?

A black slate reads "Are you ready?"

John says UH HUH! I'M READY!

John says I'M GONNA MAKE
A TREE!

The Storyteller says I WONDER HOW HE'LL DO THAT?

John says FIRST, I DRAW THE TREE...

The Storyteller says THAT'S A GREAT TREE!

John says BE CAREFUL WITH SCISSORS.
THUMB'S IN THIS HOLE AND
FINGERS IN THE BOTTOM.

The Storyteller says THAT'S RIGHT
THUMB IN THE TOP HOLE AND
FINGERS IN THE BOTTOM HOLE.

John cuts the tree he drew on a green cardboard.

John says GONNA SNIP-SNIP SOME ALL OVER!

The Storyteller says NOTICE HOW JOHN'S TURNING
THE PAPER
TO MAKE CUTTING OUT
THE TREE EASIER.
GOOD JOB JOHN!

John says THERE WE GO!
NEXT, I MAKE A TREE TRUNK.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD TREE TRUNK!
GLUE'S KIND OF STICKY...
I FLIP IT OVER AND GLUE IT UP!

The Storyteller says RIGHT ON!

John says GOING TO SMUSH IT ON
THERE SO IT STAYS STICKY...
HEY, PRETTY GOOD!
I'M GETTING PRETTY GOOD AT THIS.
NEXT, I'M GOING TO
MAKE A HEART.
LOOK, I'M FOLDING IT!

He folds a red cardboard and says JUST LIKE THIS...
NOW I HAVE TO TRACE THE HALF.

The Storyteller says THAT'S RIGHT! HALF THE HEART.
NOW, LET'S CUT THIS OUT.
I'M GOING TO GET
THESE SCISSORS...

The Storyteller says SEE HOW JOHN CUTS
AROUND THE SHAPE HE DREW.

John says WATCH THIS!

The Storyteller says HEY! THAT'S A GREAT WAY
TO MAKE A HEART.

John says SMOOOOTH!
NOW I'M GOING TO DECORATE.
I'M GOING TO PUT
A LITTLE GLUE HERE.

John glues colourful stars.

The Storyteller says NICE STARS!

John says I THINK I NEED A LITTLE GLITTER!

The Storyteller says GREAT IDEA!

John says I CAN PUT SOME CLOUDS ON
HERE OR SOMETHING...

A song plays SCISSORS ARE FOR CUTTING
THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED.
TOP HOLE FOR THE THUMB,
FINGERS UNDERNEATH.
CUTTING AND PASTING, MOVE
YOUR FINGERS DOWN AND UP...
TO CUT!
ARE YOU READY?
ARE YOU READY?
ARE YOU READY?

Four clips of John cutting and pasting appear on split screens.

The Storyteller says JOHN IS READY
TO USE SAFETY SCISSORS
AND TO CUT AND PASTE
ALL BY HIMSELF.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
ARE YOU READY?

John glues the tree onto a fridge.

John says I'M READY!
ARE YOU READY?

The end credits roll.