If you have been following Kidssstoppress then you already know that Mondays are days to combine learning and creativity as always. This week is no different. Over the weekend when the daughter and I played with her favourite play dough there was a thought that crossed my mind. why are we restricting the use of play dough to only making rotis, dosas, lollipops and snails. There is absolutely no topic that you can’t learn with with the use of play dough. Â This week we tried to combine it with learning Math & Sight words.
Why restrict playdough to only play time when you can use it to provide your child with  hands-on learning experience in the classroom as well. Playdough helps develop your child’s motor skills i.e you can squish it through your fingers, roll it into a ball or pretty much anything with it!
1. Playdough Mats:
Learning numbers can be made fun with this creative Playdough mat. This is such a simple idea with all easy essentials. It acts a s a great way to learn value based counting.
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2. Storytelling with playdough:
You can depict your favourite stories to kids using this creative storytelling playdough idea.  I absolutely love this idea. use this to say simple stories, show big and small, less and more. You can also ask your kids to create a story using playdough. Read more.
3. Color matching activity:
Teach colour matching to your kids with this innovative play dough colour matching idea. Don’t restrict it to using it with pins, you can ask them to match it with blocks or any similar coloured object. Â Read more.
4. Number matching and counting cupcake game:
Show up your love for numbers and cupcakes with this interesting activity that lets your kids learn numbers and teaches counting methods. Just whip up some simple cupcakes using playdough and ask them to add either real candles or candies made out of play dough. Read more.
5. Letter recognition:
Make letter recognition easy with this fun playdough idea.Read more.
6. Gum Ball counting:
Counting made fun using playdough as gumballs. This one is super easy and can help inculcate the concept of number at a very young age. Read more.
7. Feed the Giraffe mats:
A fun way for learning numbers. Nothing works better than combining animals with any topic the kids need to learn about. Â Read more.
8. Learn shapes with play dough:
Learning shapes with play dough can be fun and colorful. Read more.
9. Apple tree play dough maths:
A fun activity for an early and basic math teaching to kids.Read more.
10. Printable playdough maths:
Print some letters and let the kids have fun doing playdough math. Read more.
11. Playdough to teach maths:
Roll up the playdough in different ways and teach maths to the kids. Read more.
12. Playdough for literacy and Numeracy development:
Teach your kids literacy and numeracy using these interesting methods. Read more.
13. Alphabets with playdough:
Learning alphabets can be made easy using playdough. Read more.
14. Learn numbers using playdough:
An interesting idea to learn numbers.Read more.
15. Pladydough counting cards.
Counting made easy using these playdough counting cards. Read more.
16. Playdough kabobs:
A great way to learn counting.Read more.
17. Pre premier sight words:
Let your little ones learn sight words using playdough mats. Read more.
18. Dragon play dough mats for 100 sight words:
Learning sight words made easy.Read more.
19. DIY playdough mats:
Design these DIY playdough mats and let your kids learn.Read more.
20. Letters and words using playdough:
Design letters and words and let your little ones learn them using playdough. Read more.
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 21. Motor Activity:
Use Q-tips and playdough in this craft idea to help improve your child’s motor skills. Read more.
22. Number Mats:
Use these creative number mats with playdough. Read more.
23. Â Hammering Activity:
This craft idea involves straws and playdough. Read more.
24. Printable Mats:
Here are a couple of printable mats that you can explore with playdough. Read more.
25. Alphabet Mats:
Learn alphabets using playdough and these mats.
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Janani S Koushik
KSP Team
