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These are a few topics to explore while making some scared faces together with your playdough. Worried Face Playdough Mat Point out the facial expression and ask children to notice what the eyes and mouth are doing. Can they make that face? When we are laughing, how do we feel? Talk about the things that make us laugh, and explore different ways of making a laughing face out of play dough, or making some silly funny faces. Scared Face Playdough Mat All of the free printable play dough sets are A4 sized pdf files, and you will need a pdf reader such as Adobe Acrobat to open them. If you are printing on US ‘letter sized’ paper be sure to select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer options.

This understanding of individual likes and dislikes is a key moment, and allows children to understand things from someone else’s perspective. Sad Face Playdough Mat If …. happened, how would you feel?” and bring up all kinds of examples. Wait and see what examples the children suggest too, even younger children can have all kinds of insightful experiences to share about their emotions!

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Eye-hand coordination – coordinating hand and eye movements and working on visual-motor coordination. What does a worried face look like, and how do you create that shape from play dough? What kind of things make you feel worried? Silly Face Playdough Mat

How many can they label and name? Keep a score and see if they improve and can see they are improving. Squeezing and squishing the play dough is an easy way to strengthen their little hand muscles all while having fun. Give them a blank piece of paper or a whiteboard and ask them to have a go. They can use the faces as a reference. Further discussion could be on how to cope or deal with that emotion. If they feel sad and can tell you why you can help them find ways of making themselves feel happier. If they are feeling angry and can tell you why you can help them find ways of making themselves feel calmer. Labeling and expressing emotions is fundamental to emotional literacy.They are a great way to follow your children’s interests and build on their knowledge through open-ended and creative play, and a fun way to reinforce specific concepts. Plus, they are a great way to work on a range of essential developmental skills. What do kids learn from using play dough mats?

Talking about the positive emotions is just as important. What makes you feel proud, and how does that look? Sleepy Face Playdough Mat Make your tired little play dough person go to sleep, with this sleepy or tired face play dough mat. Confused Face Playdough Mat Choosing an open-ended playdough mat inspires creativity and imagination. They allow children to express their ideas and knowledge in any way they like, and encourages creative thinking, problem solving and ingenuity. Playdough and playdough mats can be used in so many different ways, and kids of all ages just love this activity – even big kids love playing with playdough if you give them a chance!Cakes are so fun because that’s where you can use all the playdough tools and molds. Literally anything can go on a cake! This is a really creative and simple activity where children can use modelling to make their hair and their friend's hair, and acts as a great prompt to discuss the things that make us different and similar as individuals. Perhaps children could also use string, wool and other materials to make facial features, or they could think about what they think they might look like when they're older. Fine motor skills – including hand and finger strength, grasping, manual dexterity and more pre-writing skills.

Gross motor skills – using the larger muscles of the upper arm which are also important for fine motor development and writing. What makes you feel scared, and what do you do when you feel scared? What helps you feel better again?The first 8 are included in this printable play dough mat set, but you can expand the activity and use the blank faces to explore other emotions and talk about what kind of situations can make us feel these emotions.