Ways
to use play dough
these are huge!
inventive, child led, adult guided, adult led and child guided! you may also
find they're recommended by health care professional!
If you find a gap in the list below and would like your experience to
be added please consider getting in touch xx
Use dough to ..
explore the process of a handmade recipe
bake cookies, biscuits, tarts and pies
role play a bakery - roll icing for cakes,
kneading mounds for bread
add scent and texture to dough play -
perfume, essence, flavouring
combine colours
fill containers like cups, pots and balloons
form number shapes, letters, words and
sentences
insert items into the dough surface to
decorate - collage - create mosiacs - patterns
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Roll balls and count, stack,
flatten
Measure to explore height, length, width
conceal objects inside lumps of dough for discovery
use dough to hold objects and flat images upright
mark-make or scribe into the surface of
dough with tools and writing implements
use as a connecting material to join other materials together
cut with scissors and shaped cutters
extrude through holes that show force
at work, precision and a finished outcome
as weight in cups, bowls.
use dough to take impressions from textured surfaces
bake dough to create permanent models
roll out sheets of dough and use as flooring
to support small
give as gifts to friend and family
sculpt and model for decorative purposes
or to film stop-go animation
use as a resource to support learning,
communication, language, literacy, extend concentration and focus, enjoy
as a family, relieve stress, strengthen fine muscles, exercise the
hands and wrists
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