DIY Playdoh Town: Castle

The boys love the idea of a Playdoh town and I asked them what kind of town we should make and a Castle was the answer from my knight loving 2.7 year old.

So... There was a castle with people (from ELC) some Playdoh , animal props and then we used pasta and tools to create more animals / dragons / monsters. 

We acted out a typical 'damsel in distress' story .

We used the animals to copy and make Playdoh versions.

We used imagination to create our own monsters/ dragons. Giving them names and using them in the role play.

They still talk about our Playdoh town  weeks later and will definitely make a different town using toys and Playdoh .

We will probably recreate for St George's day.

You could easily incorporate more learning such as numeracy

Counting, adding/subtracting animals and alphabet by putting a letter by each object indicating what they start with.

Firework fun: playdoh pinch

After a hectic couple of days I wanted a mess free firework activity. Dylan loves playdoh so we used that. We rolled a variety of colours  into balls  an then squashed them. I described how to pinch and pull the playdoh . He didn't get it right away he kept pinching it off . 

They looked great on the black shiny folder. 

Dylan 3

Playdoh and number magnets

My son loves playdoh, numbers and magnets, so why not combine them all?

That's what we did...

1. We cut out numbers

2. We counted and sequenced the numbers 

3. Then he made the right number of sausages to match the number

I'm sure we will come up with a lot more activity ideas to follow this. Do you have any?

Dylan 2.11

Acorn and playdoh hide and seek

After acorn and playdoh math we played a sensory activity of hiding the acorns and retrieving them.  He had to feel how many there were with his eyes closed.

This was still a numeracy activity matching the number of hidden acorns revealed. 

Dylan 2.11

Salt dough boulder construction site

I made my first batch of salt dough using flour, salt, water, oil and food colouring.

I then made different sized boulders. I encouraged Dylan to help but he likes making sausages and hasn't mastered balls.

He then loaded the boulders into the trucks.

He ordered them by size.

He counted them .

Then of course destroyed them and decided to 'hide' the trucks.

So much fun and learning and best of all easy to do. Of course playdoh is an even easier option.the salt dough kept in my fridge for a few weeks. I wrapped it in cling film to stop it drying out.