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What child does not like playdough? Playdough is fun, colorful and easy to manipulate. It can also be purposeful and meaningful in the kindergarten classroom. Teachers either LOVE or DO NOT LIKE playdough in the classroom. Which one are you? I happen to be on the side of loving it. My experience has shown that playdough assists in fine motor skill strengthening, along with accomplishing academic goals through hands on learning. Keep reading for more on Purposeful Playdough For Little Learners.

The best way to use playdough in the classroom purposefully. This fun activity can be implemented into any aspect of the classroom.

Playdough In The Classroom

“Letters are abstract and just symbols in two dimensions, so they need to be discussed, thought about, played with and manipulated A LOT before they start to make sense for young children. (pg 9) Little Learners need multiple opportunities to differentiate between upper & lower case letters; understand that letters make up words, and words make up sentences; that rapid naming and developing phonemic sensitivity is crucial to decoding.” See Blog Post Summer Book Study 2022 – Know Better, Do Better – Chapter 1: Letter Recognition & Alphabetic Knowledge. Playdough in the classroom is one way to help meet these goals.

Supplies Needed

Creating A Playdough Station

These playdough mats were created to be interactive and can be used with dry erase markers as well as playdough. Kindergarteners can write and practice letters, beginning sounds, and even sentences. This extends the station to become multi-purposeful and more effective.

Teaching Your Students About This Station

Activities At This Station

“Energizing” This Station

These playdough mats were created to be interactive and can be used with dry erase markers as well as playdough. Kindergarteners can write and practice letters, beginning sounds, and even sentences. This extends the station to become multi-purposeful and more effective. I hope this helps give you new ideas and confidence in teaching with playdough this upcoming school year!

I hope this helps give you new ideas and confidence in teaching with playdough this upcoming school year!


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