Play Dough Letters

Playdough Letters

SKILL AREAS ADDRESSED:

• Bilateral Coordination
• Fine Motor
• Sensory Processing (tactile and proprioception)
• Visual Perception
• Early learner skills (alphabet/spelling)
  
  MATERIALS NEEDED:
  
• Play dough
  *If you don't have play dough you can use.
• String or Yarn
• Floam or Putty
  
  ACTIVITY STEPS:
  1) Using two hands, roll play dough into long and short sticks.
  2)Form letters to spell words, your child’s name, shapes, etc.
  
  ACTIVITY TIPS:
• Write out letters (3-4” tall) on a paper first for kiddo to put playdough on top of if the task is too challenging for your child.
• Have your child trace over the playdough letters with their finger once complete to increase memory and teach proper writing form (i.e. start from top, etc.)