The children have been enjoying making different types of playdough.

(Blue playdough with lavender)

Playdough provides excellent opportunities do develop your children’s fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, numeracy skills, language and social skills and helps develop the senses.      

Playdough takes around 10 minutes to make and can keep for weeks in an air-tight container. Why don’t you have a try yourself at home – don’t forget to tell us about it in you child’s Google Classroom. (If you don’t have your child’s Glow details or if you are having problems logging in please let us know by emailing schoolmail@glenwood.e-renfrew.sch.uk)

Ingredients:

• One cup of plain flour
• Half a cup of salt
• One cup of water
• One tablespoon of vegetable oil (helps to add this into the cup of water)
• Few drops of food colouring (also helps to add this into the cup of water)

Resources:

• Large bowl
• Tea/coffee cup
• Wooden/plastic spoon

Method:

• Add the flour and salt together in the bowl
• Gradually add the water/oil/food colouring mixture to the bowl, continuously stirring
• Continue to mix until the mixture comes together into a soft dough – now it is time to get messy!
• Spread a little flour onto the table and empty out the bowl
• Mix the dough together with your hands.  If it is a little sticky, add some more flour

When your playdough is ready why not add some alternative play resources, like potato mashers, cutters, sticks, leaves, flowers, stones, lollipop sticks, matchsticks, stampers, or straws.

Adding scents and different textures, such as coffee grounds, coco powder, lemon/orange rind, or rice will provide a great sensory experience.
Next week for Maths Week Scotland we will be issuing a Family Fun bag to each child with the ingredients to try this at home.