Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  

  
  Sensory experiences are engaging, develop curiosity and are often calming for young children. Playdough is one sensory play medium but supports young children's learning in several ways.

  Play dough is...

  • Calming - aids well-being, a good  “mindfulness” activity, assists language development and social communication

  • Absorbing - helps children to develop concentration and perseverance

  • Malleable - good for hand eye coordination, fine motor development, learning how materials behave
    

  • Transformative - supports pretend play, symbolic thinking

  
  * please note that playdough recipes are not edible
• Topic 1
  

  Topic 1

  TRY MAKING PLAYDOUGH AT HOME
  

  Some of our favourite playdough recipes are listed below:

  • Regular Playdough File
  • Sand Playdough File
  • Super Soft Playdough File
• Topic 2
  

  Topic 2

  IDEAS FOR LEARNING WITH PLAYDOUGH

  • Manipulate the dough and talk about how the dough feels and the movements you make - roll, pinch, squeeze, press, twist, pull, soft, pliable, slimy, smooth, gritty, bumpy

  • Make food, creatures, vehicles, a map, faces, a picture, letters, numbers, and discuss

  • Make fat, thin, long, short, big, small, objects

  • Cut sections and count how many

  • Divide cakes of dough into a corresponding number (in half, in quarters)

  • Combine different colours to see what happens

  • Use different objects to make patterns

  • Hide small toys in a ball of dough for children to

        find and pull out