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Share the Dough

Home Activities Share the Dough
September 13, 2021 by admin

Share the Dough

Blue loves to imagine and play in different ways with things around home!

Playdough is a great example of something that can be used in many different ways to learn many different skills.  

When friends get together and play, working with playdough creates opportunities to practice sharing, cooperation, and kindness. 

Parent/Caregiver Tip:You can make your own playdough in the microwave. It’s quick and easy!

Ingredients: 1 cup flour, ½ cup salt, 1 cup water, food coloring or liquid, watercolors, 2 tbsp cream of tartar or white vinegar, 2 tbsp oil

Instructions: 

  1. Combine the flour and salt in a microwave safe bowl.
  2. Add the coloring to the water, then pour into the flour and salt mixture.
  3. Add the cream of tartar or vinegar and the oil. Mix well.
  4. Microwave for 1 minute at a time, stirring after each minute for a total of 3 minutes.
  5. Allow to cool before storing in an airtight container.

Playdough Portions (for babies)

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Age Groups: Babies
Skills: Expression, Math

Materials

  • playdough

Instructions

  • Let's be like Blue and work with playdough to use our imagination and practice sharing, cooperation, and kindness.
  • Here is a tiny piece. Is that enough for you?
  • If you want more playdough, you can say “more please” or you can use sign language to ask for more by pinching your fingers together on each hand and tapping all 10 of your fingertips together.
  • Here’s more playdough, just like you wanted! Let’s play!

Vocabulary

Enough - as much as needed
Ask - to question
More - greater in amount, number, or degree
Play Dough Portions

Playdough Portions (for toddlers)

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Age Groups: Toddlers
Skills: Expression, Math, Sharing

Materials

  • playdough

Instructions

  • Let's be like Blue and work with playdough to use our imagination and practice sharing, cooperation, and kindness.
  • Here  is a small ball for you and a big ball for me. Is that the right amount for you? Is that the right amount for me?
  • How much playdough do you need? Here’s a little bit more. Is that enough?
  • How can we solve this playdough problem so that everyone is happy?

Vocabulary

Enough - as much as needed
Ask - to question
More - greater in amount, number, or degree
Fair - without favoring anyone or anything
Playdough Portions

Playdough Portions (for little and big kids)

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Age Groups: Big Kids, Little Kids
Skills: Expression, kindness, Math, Sharing

Materials

  • playdough

Instructions

  • Let's be like Blue and work with playdough to use our imagination and practice sharing, cooperation, and kindness.
  • Let's invite friends and family (or stuffed animals and imaginary friends) to play together with playdough! How many balls of dough do we need for everyone to play?
  • Here are all the balls of playdough. They’re different sizes, but there are enough balls for everyone. Is that OK?
  • What should we do to solve the problem so that everyone is happy and can play with their playdough?

Vocabulary

Enough - as much as needed
Equity - everyone has what they need
More - greater in amount, number, or degree
Fair - without favoring anyone or anything
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