Monday, March 14, 2016

Play Dough has Many Benefits for Learning!



If you have a home with young children there is a chance you may or may not have play dough in it too!  Many parents have a love or hate relationship with play dough.  If you are a hater, you might have expounded, "It is messy", "It gets stuck in my carpet"," It dries out, gets hard and HURTS when I step on it"," The kids mix up the colors and now we have a blob of grey!"  
Play dough is not just a messy kid activity, it can be very important in developing critical skills for school readiness.  This is most obvious in the fine motor area with improving strength, dexterity and eye-hand coordination necessary for writing.  Beyond that, play dough activities support language, literacy, math and creativity in your child.  
There are many different kinds of play dough that you can make at home with your child; adding in scents and textures and objects to play serve to enhance your child's learning experience 
Check out the link below to learn specific play dough activities and their benefits.

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