How to care and use Play-doh?

As you can notice, all kinds of dough, even the best brands are fairly cheap, however they all would last longer if to use and care of them properly. Surely the main rule is to keep play dough in a tightly sealed container when it’s not used. Also it’s very important to play with clean hands. It will help to preserve the dough from germs, other external stuff and will keep the colors bright.

A clean surface and clean tools are needed for same reasons. It can be any washable and smooth surface. In our classroom every kid uses a vinyl placemat that is place on the table surface. Solid color mats are more preferable and better to enhance the kid's personal fantasy. There are as well some mats with numbers, letters, and simple shapes, that the kids enjoying to copy in dough.

So it’s a good idea to teach your little kid to flatten, pinch, mound, squeeze, and roll the dough into wanted shapes.