Do your kids love playing with play dough?
I know mine do.
That is one reason why I love incorporatingplaydough activitiesusingplaydoh matsinto other aspects of our learning.
This literacy activity is a fabulousback to school activityor part of your literacy book center or library resource.
Use theparts of a book printablealong with playdough to learn thedifferent parts of a bookwhile having fun!
Playdough is not just a fun activity for kids.
It is also a wonderful sensory activity for kids of all ages.
Squeezing and manipulating the playdough helps kids not only calm down but experience the sensory aspects.
This is also a great tool to help strengthen fine motor skills.
Theparts of a bookprintablepdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie.
Now print the pages and cut out the alphabet tiles.
Creativity is encouraged with some of the playdough mats.
It asks children to create a cover and illustrations with the playdough.
This can be anything their heads can think up, there is no right or wrong.
Prewriting is also touched on.
Children can use crayons, markers, or colored pencils to colour the book.
Then trace the name of the part above the word spine is featured.
Now use playdough to covere the part of the book this page is talking about.
Each of the pages are super cute and feature a different title with picture.
Have kids read the different book titles in these worksheets.
This is great when using playdough so that the playdough doesnt stick to the paper.
If you dont have access to a laminator, we like to use sheet protectors or dry erase pockets.
Both of these are great for playdough or dry erase markers.
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