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Sensory Experiences With Play Dough

Child safe do-it-yourself dough or store-bought play dough can make for a seriously entertaining sensorial activity for your little one that engages their creativity, pretend play, fine motor skills, and potentially social skills. Set your child up in a safe space to play with their dough. This can be on a wipeable mat, outside, or on a small table. Offer them tools and objects that they can use to manipulate the dough. This can include Tupperware, child-safe utensils, child-safe cups, and any toys that are easily wiped down without any nooks such as small balls. Sit with your child and notice what they like to do with the dough, and build off of that. They may organise by colour, make certain shapes, enjoy the squish between their fingers, or cover certain toys in it. They may also engage in pretend play and act as if it is food, try to feed you, or ask you to help them make a favourite animal or object.