Creative Classroom Activities Using Play-Doh
From creating fictitious animals to forming letters to teaching addition and subtraction, Play-Doh is a fun, hands-on tool that students love to use in the classroom! It sparks their imaginations, helps promote fine motor skill development, provides sensory engagement, encourages social skills, and eases daily tension.
Play-Doh can be incorporated into countless elementary school lessons and we’ve rounded up some of our favorites. Download the Play-Doh activities below, or check out How 100 Teachers Use Play-Doh In The Classroom for more inspiration!
Play-Doh Classroom Activities
Narrative Molding: Get your student’s creativity flowing by having them create and write about a new animal species.
Subtraction Smash: Practice subtraction facts using Play-Doh modeling compound as a visual aid.
Color Mixing: Use Play-Doh to introduce students to the amazing concept of color mixing.
Build the Strongest Shelter: Put students’ STEM skills to work by having them build their strongest hurricane shelter.
Solar System Modeling: Use Play-Doh to bring the solar system to life.
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