Playdough Mats

This activity is an old but favourite of mine. I think play dough can be great for relieving frustration for children and adults. It can instantly calm a hyperactive child and helps children to express themselves. I used to have great fun making these mats to help support children's learning.

Here are some examples how:

·        A mat of a crocodile with no teeth will allow opportunities for counting and discussions on dental health.

·        Mats of scenes can help develop a child’s imagination.

·        Alphabet mats can help children to recognise letters they might usually struggle and they could also make thing which begin with this letter.

·        working with texture, shape and form in two and three dimensions.

To make your own play dough mats simply use coloured paper to decorate a back ground and then laminate it. This will make it easy to wipe down and reuse the mat. We also made simple letter mat to aid my daughter to stop mixing up the letters d and b.