Children's Crafts: Play doh
Believe it or not
my seem really messy and frustrating but it is a great tool for young children to play with. It helps them develop muscles in their hands that will help them write better and not get tired. You want your child to have good hand muscle development before they reach grade school so that when the teachers are asking them to cut, write and lace things they are physically prepared to do so and will not get tired. If they tend to get tired doing these things school may become frustrating to them.
Give
Give
and play doh tools to your child and allow them to roll the dough, to pinch it and create things. They will be having a great time and in reality they are "exercising" their hands. They can also exercise their creativity by creating things with play doh. When they ask you to make something with the play doh, encourage them to do it and encourage them to talk through the steps they are taking to make the play doh become an item. The
tools are great too because they will enable the child to manipulate the doh and to feel different textures as well as create different shapes.
Take the tools and
Take the tools and
a step further and ask the children to make something that starts with the letter A. Also ask them to make an item and then make an item that is bigger or smaller. Have them make three items and organize the items from smallest to largest. Use the different textures in the
tools and have the children make patterns with them. Patterns can be a hard thing to understand and "feeling" and making the patterns can help the tactile and kinesthetic learners.
Play doh and
Play doh and
tools are a great toy to have at home and a great item to help children get ready for school. Give it a try, you will start to see their manipulation of the
get better and better the more they have a chance to play with it! You will like it too - we all know it is hard not to touch it and play with it when it is in front of you. Enjoy!
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