Play Dough** Fine motor: strengthening Miscellaneous hand muscles kitchen/cooking items (e.g. Bilateral coordination: using potato masher, rolling pin, both hands for the same or garlic press, cookie different motions cutters, forks, etc.) Make it Fun! Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes and turn it into a puzzle Push items into the dough to create a monster Pretend to cook a meal (e.g. make a pizza!) Encourage rolling into a ball, worm, pushing into pancake Hide small objects (e.g. beads) in the dough and have kids find them * * Make your own Play Dough! Directions Materials Combine water, oil, salt, cream of 1 cup water tartar, and food coloring in a saucepan 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and heat until warm. 1/2 cup salt Remove from heat and add flour. 1 tablespoon cream of tartar Stir, then knead until smooth. The Food coloring cream of tartar makes this dough last 6 Saucepan months or longer, so resist the 1 cup flour temptation to omit this ingredient if you don't have it on hand. Store this dough in an airtight container or a Ziploc freezer bag. 7. Colander pipe cleaners Materials: Skill Areas: Colander Fine motor: manipulating and threading pipe cleaners Pipe cleaners Visual motor: threading into tiny holes Bilateral coordination: both hands cooperatively Make it Fun! Use up all the Race to put the most pipe cleaners in in 5 minutes Weave the pipe cleaners in and out of multiple holes Use pretend! Turn it into a silly hat, pretend they are tunnels, etc. 8. Cheerio Materials: Skill Areas:
Play Dough** Miscellaneous kitchen/cooking items (e.g. potato masher, rolling pin, garlic press, cookie cutters, forks, etc.) Fine motor: strengthening hand muscles Bilateral coordination: using both hands for the same or different motions Make it Fun! Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes and turn it into a puzzle Push items into the dough to create a monster Pretend to cook a meal (e.g. make a pizza!) Encourage rolling into a ball, worm, pushing into pancake Hide small objects (e.g. beads) in the dough and have kids find them * * Make your own Play Dough! Materials 1 cup water 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1/2 cup salt 1 tablespoon cream of tartar Food coloring Saucepan 1 cup flour Directions Combine water, oil, salt, cream of tartar, and food coloring in a saucepan and heat until warm. Remove from heat and add flour. Stir, then knead until smooth. The cream of tartar makes this dough last 6 months or longer, so resist the temptation to omit this ingredient if you don't have it on hand. Store this dough in an airtight container or a Ziploc freezer bag. 7. Colander pipe cleaners Materials: Skill Areas: Colander Pipe cleaners Fine motor: manipulating and threading pipe cleaners Visual motor: threading into tiny holes Bilateral coordination: both hands cooperatively Make it Fun! Use up all the Race to put the most pipe cleaners in in 5 minutes Weave the pipe cleaners in and out of multiple holes Use pretend! Turn it into a silly hat, pretend they are tunnels, etc. 8. Cheerio Materials: Skill Areas:
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