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

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Extend the emotions further by seeing if they can copy them – using a mirror can help your child to make the facial expression. While making faces on these play dough mats, young children will develop the following skills will develop their fine motor muscles while learning about the human body – more specifically, the face. The first step to being able to handle our own emotions, is to understand what it is we are feeling. Once you and your child have constructed a face see if you can make it a ‘happy’ face or a ‘sad’ face or ‘angry’ face by changing the features. He often looked at my face or his sister’s face to see what he might be missing. This was a great way for him to learn about the parts of a face!

They are a great way to follow your children’s interests and build on their knowledge through open-ended and creative play, and a fun way to reinforce specific concepts. Plus, they are a great way to work on a range of essential developmental skills. What do kids learn from using play dough mats? Talk about the body parts as you put them together. Preschool children will probably know the basics (eyes, nose, mouth, ears etc) but will be learning more complex words such as eyelashes, eyebrows etc so talk about these are they make their play dough face.For my 3 year old I was able to make a model for him to visually see what to do and then gave him the verbal directions on how to make the eyes, nose, and mouth. My one year old was even able to join in on the fun! She was able to squish, pull, and poke the Playdough! It was a great opportunity for us to talk about different emotions. Steps on what to do Make your tired little play dough person go to sleep, with this sleepy or tired face play dough mat. Confused Face Playdough Mat 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

Right now my daughter is loving these glitter play dough colors and of course you want to have some play dough tools like cutters and rollers. More Fun Hands On Printables for Preschoolers 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 Mats Making play dough faces is so much fun and a great way for kids to learn about their body while developing fine motor skills. It is perfect for a preschool body theme. Eye-hand coordination – coordinating hand and eye movements and working on visual-motor coordination. Choosing an open-ended playdough mat inspires creativity and imagination. They allow children to express their ideas and knowledge in any way they like, and encourages creative thinking, problem solving and ingenuity.Play 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 As toddlers get older they can start to understand that what makes them happy and what makes other people happy are not always the same thing. These are a few topics to explore while making some scared faces together with your playdough. Worried Face Playdough Mat Rather than taking about emotions in an abstract way only, let them get involved with their hands and make something that they can see and touch. She added these features in her own way. Even though they didn’t actually look like actual facial features, they were exactly right in her mind. I love that!

You can cover your entire face with a play dough skin as Maia did above or just add your facial features directly to the bowl. Less than a year from the time it was first sold as an off-white modelling compound, Play-Doh eventually branched out to multiple colours. It continues to expand and evolve into the rainbow modelling toy that we know and love. Play-Doh Is Safe for Children (and Adults too) What makes you feel scared, and what do you do when you feel scared? What helps you feel better again? If your child needs some help with emotions then see if they can copy some pictures – you can Google images or we like the Sparkle Box ones hereMy kids always love it when we do a play dough activity. They love to use their imaginations and be creative. So when they saw these blank play dough mats, they knew what to do and were very excited to get started! Playdough mats are a great sensory activity for kids and can be a calming activity too. Kids who are sensory seekers will love using playdough, and for those kids with tactile defensiveness, a playdough mat could be a great way to encourage them to give playdough a try. Draw the outline of head on each piece of multicultural construction paper that you would like to use. You can also trace a template of a head. 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.