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How to Make my Favorite Quick Play Dough Recipe

Learn how to make this easy, quick play dough recipe my family has used for years. Download the printable recipe to keep in your file or give to parents. The DIY playdough is soft..the best recipe I have found. It's perfect for all of your fine motor activities, sensory activities, play dough mats, invitations to play, crafts, creations and sculptures. a hands-on tool for literacy, and fine motor centers in preschool, pre-k, SPED, and kindergarten classrooms. #playdoughrecipe #playdough

Here is an easy and quick play dough recipe that my family has used for years. Download the printable recipe to keep in your file or give to parents.

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How to Make an Exciting Salt Tray in No Time

Help kids who are learning the alphabet work on letter formation with a simple DIY salt tray. Increase their excitement and sensory input with these creative ideas for materials and mix-ins. Salt trays are a great fine motor activity and a low-stress way to work on writing letters...even for kids with low fine-motor skills. Here are tons of ideas for products and materials to use to make fun writing activities for your preschool and pre-k classroom #preschool #alphabetactivities #finemotor

It’s easy to make a DIY salt tray to help your kids work on letter formation. You can increase their excitement and sensory input with these creative ideas.

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Everything You Need to Make an Easy Turkey Play Dough Activity

Use this idea list to create a turkey invitation to play. So much better than a turkey handprint, your kids will love this open-ended turkey play dough activity. This activity is perfect for your Thanksgiving theme unit and lesson plans in your preschool and pre-k classroom. Add number cards to create a sensory math activity. It's exciting to see the art that kids create. #preschool #prek #thanksgivingactivities #playdough #turkeyactivities #turkeytheme

Use this material list to create an easy turkey play dough activity for your kids. They will love this Thanksgiving theme invitation to play.

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Spider Playdough Activities: An Invitation to Play

Looking for fun spider theme playdough activities for your kids? Make black playdough and use the materials ideas to make a spider invitation to play. These materials are perfect to create an engaging fine motor and open-ended creative activity for children. Simple ideas for math learning extensions are included. A perfect hands-on learning activity for your spider theme or Halloween theme unit and lesson plans in your preschool or pre-k classroom. #playdough #preschool #spideractivities

Here are some fun ideas for spider playdough activities for your kids. Learn how to make black playdough and use the materials ideas to make a fun spider invitation to play.

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Playdough Activities for Fall: An Invitation to Play

Check out these fun playdough activities for fall. Find lots of materials that you can add to an autumn themed invitation to play. This is a perfect fine motor and sensory activity for your fall theme, autumn theme, harvest theme, or Halloween theme unit and lesson plans in your preschool and pre-k classroom. Tips for adding math and literacy learning opportunities are included. Your kids will have fun with these ideas. Get out the pumpkin spice play dough and start playing today #preschool

Check out these fun playdough activities for fall. Find lots of ideas for materials that you can add to an autumn themed invitation to play.

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The Best Way to Use Alphabet Dot Letters: 20 Fun Ideas

Check out all these fun ways to use printable alphabet dot letters with your kids. Teach letter recognition and letter formation while providing many opportunities for sensory input and fine motor practice with these letter dot pages. Perfect for teaching the letters in a variety of ways in your preschool and pre-k classroom. Your students will enjoy using these alphabet printables....perfect for your literacy centers. You will love all these ideas #preschool #prek #alphabetactivities

Check out all these fun ways to use printable alphabet dot letters with your kids. Teach letter recognition and letter formation while providing many opportunities for sensory input and fine motor practice.  Your students will love these alphabet activities.

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Apple Activities for Kids: Material Ideas for an Invitation to Play

Let your kids create their own apple activities. Give them play dough and a variety of apple theme materials. They will love this fun invitation to play. Get ideas and unique material suggestions today.

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Easy Art for Kids: How to Paint with Pool Noodles

Looking for easy art for kids? Here are tons of ideas for using pool noodles in preschool and pre-k process art projects. Kids will love these fun and simple projects! Add them to your early childhood art center. From shape paint rollers to textured stampers, young children will love exploring and creating. Let kids experiment with materials and even work on fine motor skills. Check out these tips and tricks. #preschool #processart

Use pool noodles to make easy art for kids.  The fun foam tubes are versatile, inexpensive and just the right size for little hands.  Here are tons of fun pool noodle process art projects that you can use in your early childhood classroom. Fine Motor and Easy Art Projects It’s pretty easy for kids to stick things into the soft foam of a pool noodle….it

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Are you looking for a fun Valentine's Day activity for kids? Use this free printable for fine motor and scissor skills practice. Kids can cut out paper hearts and use a hole punch to complete them. Perfect for your preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, or SPED classroom. A great addition to your Valentine's Day theme or February theme units or lesson plans. Use to decorate your room or even as a Valentine party activity. #preschool #Valentinesdayactivities #finemotor #scissorskills
Your kids will love running their fingers over these fun tactile letters. Find lots of ideas to make DIY tactile cards for your literacy learning centers. Perfect for teaching the alphabet to kids in preschool and pre-k classroom. Better than sandpaper....this is a fun sensory experience. The ideas will work for sight words as well. #preschool #alphabetactivities #sensoryactivities

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