It's play time after school! Yay! [make sure they completed their homework before play time ^_^]
Today I want to introduce a sensory play set called the "Play dough".
Play dough is a classic play set that is easy and fun for all kids of all ages. Using any type of play dough with young children is beneficial in so many ways apart from it being so much fun!
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Learning Outcome
1) Fine motor development - The malleable properties of play dough make it fun for investigation and exploration as well as secretly builds up strength in all the tiny hand muscles and tendons, making them ready for pencil and scissor control later on.
2) It can be squashed, squeezed, rolled, flattened, chopped, cut, scored, raked, punctured, poked and shredded! Each one of these different actions aids fine motor development in a different way, not to mention hand-eye coordination and general concentration. And as soon as you add another element to it, the list of benefits and creative play possibilities continues to grow!
3) Providing boxes, containers with various shaped compartments or moulds can lead to cooking play, sorting, matching, ordering and counting, all naturally and without pressure to learn.
4) Various items elements can be used to create plenty of exciting, open-ended play times; princesses, toy figurines, play scissors, pine cones, small cups, utensils, shape cookie cutters, plastic knifes, rolling pins and the list is endless.
5) Calming and soothing - The effects of all that squeezing and pummelling are great for stress relief and can feel extremely therapeutic! Little children can struggle to express their emotions and using dough while talking and singing can really help that process.
6) Imagination and Creativity - As soon as you introduce open ended play items to add to the mix, play dough becomes the perfect medium for numerous types of imaginative play and can represent so many things in a child’s eyes. A baking tray and rolling pin for example can lead to role play of a birthday part.
7) Play dough fosters cooperative play. Playing with dough with others helps children understand the importance of sharing.
8) Discussing what has been made helps build communication skills and develops imagination.
Perhaps there are many more benefits aside from the above, all the parents have to do is prepare the play dough series for your children, and supervise your children at a side or even play with them! Probably they will surprise you with their "masterpiece" by then!
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We do have play dough set available if any readers are interested:) You can browse through our Facebook photo album for more photos and info too. ^^
That's all for today's sharing, hope you will like it ^_^.
Do stay tuned with us as another exciting sensory play set is coming real soon!
-Coming Up Next--> Sensory Play- Freezing Sensory Play Series-
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