Looking for a selection of different playdough mats to use with your toddlers and preschoolers this Halloween we love this set of playdough mats. Your preschoolers will enjoy rolling, squeezing, and pressing with the materials on this Halloween playdough tray. Sarah Desjardins is a mother of two girls, a wife, an elementary school teacher, and a self proclaimed glitter addict. Spider Play Dough Exploration– a tray that encourage preschoolers to make spiders; use following a spider study or in conjunction with Halloween.

This means that at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission if you decide to make a purchase. Our mission is to elevate early childhood education as a profession, and to provide the leadership, support, and resources pre-k and preschool teachers need to help their students succeed. Those of you who have followed my blog awhile know that we love to incorporate extra fine motor challenges. She just about freaked out when she saw all of the cans and all of the colours… it was like heaven to a five year old.These would also be great as a party favor if you were throwing a Monster themed party, like we did a few years back – too bad I didn’t think of these back then!

My co-teacher, who put this activity together, thought to add pipe cleaners and pony beads for the 3 year olds.Encourage your preschoolers to use their own ideas and skills to create halloween shapes and objects.

Simply print out these resources and laminate these Halloween modelling dough Mats ready for your children to create artistic shapes! These free printable Halloween playdough mats encourage creativity while working on fine motor skills. While I only used a few small items for this invitation to play, you can use whatever you have on hand. Founded in 2001 by early childhood educator Vanessa Levin, Pre-K Pages has been providing science-backed, hands-on, standards-based curriculum and teaching resources for over 20 years. Open-ended play yields many different results and encourages children to learn from one another or try different ideas.Have fun making spooky playdough bats– provide some white and green playdough along with the black to create fun faces on the bats. Sarah started The Simply Crafted Life as a place to find bliss between the diapers and the dishes, and invites you to do the same. But I still want the easiest recipe because I make it from scratch every single week for our toddlers and preschoolers. While playing with playdough is always a favorite in our house, adding these play mats have been a great addition. A great activity for maths this pumpkin faces playdough mat uses different shapes to create the features of your Jack-O-Lantern.