How to Play and Learn with Play Dough?

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Older children at the age group of 3-4 can learn even more cognitively. They can be introduced to the conservation, defined in the Play and Child Development book as, "the special ability to understand the physical attributes of material reside consistent, even to alter it or rearrange". The kids can be shown how the measuring cups of various sizes still measure exactly the same amount of any liquid. Subdivision, or dividing the things, will be a vivid learning concept. So the kids can take several pieces of the play dough for example equal in size, then stretch, or roll, or flatten them just to see the dough transformation from its original condition. A preschool kid playing with play dough may decide that two paly dough balls are the same sizes when they are the exact same shape. Yet, once one of the balls is rolled into the snake or just flattened into a lovely pancake, the kind surely changes mind and concludes that the skinny and long play dough is surely now larger. The kids will learn the differences between such as wet or dry, full o empty, hot or cold. Play dough is a thing that enables kid’s imaginations to run wild and adults definitely will have fun just teaching the children.

Kids of different ages should be even encouraged to play altogether however not pressured to do that. Solitary play is fine as well as the parallel aware. Young kids learn especially by active involvement with adults and by manipulating the objects. The kids may want to share their own ideas with each another or they may want just to sneak a peek. Whatever the case, the kids need to be encouraged to use their creativity. The teacher or parent should indicate what to make to the children, however give some ideas by discussing various animals or some shapes that they can observe around. This would be called the intervention method of narrowly directed play of teaching and guiding. For example the adults set up the scene for the kids to involve them into an activity and only participate in the process just to encourage the kids to use their imagination or some verbal skills. This may be a productive dialogue between the kid and adult and also among the other children.

Some children might be really stressed and trying to cope with the emotional factors which cause them to be mad or sad. Play dough is a perfect outburst of negative emotions. The kids are free to smash, pound, squeeze, pinch, slap, or cut the dough. All of these are good outbursts for any components of anger and anxiety. The children are able to release the negative emotions without scolding and without causing any harm to someone or some things.

Making the play dough is truly a real fun. Parents should be involved in the process with the children; however let the children do up to 99% of the work. Creating the play dough is kids friendly and the adults can introduce mathematics by letting the kids the measuring and prompting the imagination to have no limits when they making anything that little minds desire. Play dough is really simple that majority already have special tools and components in their kitchen so it is fairly cheap as well. This project may last for even hours and children will have not only fun doing that, but also they will release any inner feelings such as frustration or maybe anger. Moreover the whole project is not messy at all and the play dough should be also kept in the fridge for another day. Play dough will bring a funny and organized play time for kids. At the one time as they can learn and surely develop physical and moreover cognitive skills. Play dough is a perfect old fashioned play for having fun!

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