Craftplay Plastic dough/potato people shapes - Pack of 52 face/body features - Make your own potato/dough person

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Make your tired little play dough person go to sleep, with this sleepy or tired face play dough mat. Confused Face Playdough Mat You can use home-made play dough, shop bought dough, modelling clay/plasticine, or any kind of dough. You don’t need anything other than the mats and the dough, but collecting a few accessories to go with the theme is loads of fun too. There is so much benefit in children being able to identify and name their feelings, so that they can understand their own emotions in different circumstances. This skill will be vital all the way through their lives, as they grow. It also gives kids a chance to be creative, and make something with their hands, as well as being a great sensory experience. Choose your favorite color and roll and squish the dough to make all kinds of shapes. Extend the emotions further by seeing if they can copy them – using a mirror can help your child to make the facial expression.

Learning to accept them and get comfortable with them is not always easy – but let’s talk about it! Angry Face Playdough Mat Self laminating pouches are also great, and we have used these a few times. If you find that the play dough mats are being used over and over, and become one of your child’s favorite then I would recommend going with the self lamination pouches. This understanding of individual likes and dislikes is a key moment, and allows children to understand things from someone else’s perspective. Sad Face Playdough Mat Eye-hand coordination – coordinating hand and eye movements and working on visual-motor coordination.My (just barely) 3-year-old was far more liberal with her face decorating. She just put clumps of play dough all over the mat. But we did discuss basic facial features such as eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and hair.

Playdough and playdough mats can be used in so many different ways, and kids of all ages just love this activity – even big kids love playing with playdough if you give them a chance! Play dough is one of the most popular and age old activities for children all ages. This fun, activity reinforces body part vocabulary and allows your child to explore some emotions in a multisensory learning experience. This tactile hands on learning is often a lot more effective than teaching with a standard worksheet with young children, and a whole lot of fun! Learning About Emotions Playdough MatsPlay dough Mats can be used for learning, creative play, and even as a tool for writing. This set will help your kiddos get comfortable with understanding and naming their different feelings. Helping Children Understand Emotions The first 8 are included in this printable play dough mat set, but you can expand the activity and use the blank faces to explore other emotions and talk about what kind of situations can make us feel these emotions. If your child needs help then you could use a play dough mat to support their creativity. We like these from Sparkle Box here

Play-Doh is the modelling toy that is perfect for kids because of its non-toxic features. It doesn’t stain clothes and walls. You don’t need to worry much if you are a parent!

Here are our family’s play dough faces, mostly finished. See the play dough flower in the hair of the play dough person on the left? Maia came up with a special technique for making those with a garlic press. Using play dough is a great fine motor work out for toddlers, preschoolers and young school aged kids, as any teacher will tell you. The first step to being able to handle our own emotions, is to understand what it is we are feeling.

Squeezing and squishing the play dough is an easy way to strengthen their little hand muscles all while having fun.Making silly faces is a lot of fun, and you can get really creative with this one. Proud Face Playdough Mat Fine motor skills – including hand and finger strength, grasping, manual dexterity and more pre-writing skills. All of the free printable play dough sets are A4 sized pdf files, and you will need a pdf reader such as Adobe Acrobat to open them. If you are printing on US ‘letter sized’ paper be sure to select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer options.