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As props, we used the awesome On the RoadToob! These are quality manipulatives that are professionally sculpted and finely hand painted. Looking for more fun, free transportation printables to help kids learn a variety of skills with a fun transporation theme? You will love these transportation free printables: Improves Hand-Eye Coordination– Play Dough offers a safe space for children to work on their coordination skills, using their hands or tools to manipulate the dough to fit their ideas. Trial and error are the best ways for children to improve this skill. Playdough keeps children occupied, is a therapeutic experience as they squish it, mould it, roll it, punch it, cut it, pinch it, break it and flatten it and children use their imagination in their creations.

Anyhoo, when the kids declared that they wanted to make cars out of play dough, we knew just where the wheels for said cars would come from!! Introducing play dough sports cars — and they are oh-so-easy to make! Also?? A terrific boredom buster for those days when you just need a little something to do with the kids. They are easy to move around. To make it even more ornate or detailed, you could also use dry erase markers and dry erase crayons to draw on your city and easily wipe off clean when done. Adding other elements to playdough enables a variety of learning opportunities for children to explore. Playing with Play Dough is fun, but children enjoy making it too. Here are a couple of easy recipes you can try right away… As Brother and I took turns reading “ If I Built a Car, “we loved how the character in the story was so much with Brother. We giggled as we found similarities between the boy in the book and him.As children are shaping play dough, they are also learning about cause and effect. You can further these experiences by engaging in conversations with your child during this process. Ask open-ended questions and allow experimentation. Loose Parts With Playdough The benefits of using play dough for young children are wonderful and the play possibilities are endless! Best Ever No-Cook Play Dough Recipe

When the dough is smooth and firm you can turn off the heat. Leave to cool and remove once you feel it is cool enough to do so. Encourages Creativity– Whether it’s a specific activity or free play, children have the opportunity to get creative and truly express themselves with Play Dough. Their imagination can run wild as they interact with the different colours and any additional props they have to hand. Make playdough people with your child. Your child can bend them into different poses. Or your child can squish them up and start again if they want to.

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You can add in some extra fun ingredients to make special batches of Play Dough to suit your lesson plan. Here are some ideas… After printing them, I laminated each sheet using a thermal laminator. That way, you can use play dough build the city and wipe off easily.