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Fun at the Playdough Table!
Learning and development: This morning, we just had to capture and share the fun that our Ruru room children were having along with their kaiako Rohini. Play dough can be explored through squeezing, pressing, poking and patting which is great for developing coordination. Tactile play that uses fine motor skills also promotes healthy brain development.
Children learn to use a range of supporting tools and materials, further extending their skills. Dramatic play develops naturally as children pretend to prepare food and cook with a range of props. The sensory experience can also be extended with textures, colours and smells. Introduce animals, fences and rocks and see where it leads them! The possibilities are endless. T
eachers often make playdough with a group of children with different sensory experiences in mind – changing the colour, texture and smell by adding herbs or changing the recipe to give a different texture. These are all great talking points for children.
Today, we had used the colour red where we could take our conversation to what colour clothes we had on today then we went on to the weather about wearing warm clothes and who had red on today. From such a simple activity of play dough, we could have conversations that can go on forever.