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Use the same idea for exercise programming: complete an exercise, complete a play dough activity, and so on. the benefits of play dough as a Multi-level tool This set comes with a convenient wooden board, which can be used as a play surface, and two mini rolling pins. The rolling pins feature a revolving center section, which allows children to effortlessly work the pin through the play dough without having to turn their hands continuously.

It can also be one hand holding the dough, while the other hand uses a tool. The addition of playdough tools can enhance skills and play. Play dough manipulation also provides tactile sensory awareness and proprioceptive input, which can serve to be therapeutic by giving deep pressure to the hands, fingers, and arms in a calming manner. Still another idea is to match colors with play dough using small objects and different colors of play dough. Add gloves for play with the learner with extreme avoidance, until they can tolerate touching the play dough. Simple play dough recipe- This play dough recipe without cream of tarter is probably the simplest version which still challenges life skills.Play dough can target many areas of skill development. Tons of inspirational ideas can be found online. There are many creative individuals online who share awesome ideas for play dough fun. As therapists, you can take those fun ideas and add your Occupational Therapy (OT) eye to build the skills a child needs for their specific development. Another one of the benefits of play dough is building bilateral coordination. Bilateral coordination can be both sides of the body doing the same thing, working together, like squishing the play dough. Interacting with play dough provides social emotional learning and social skill development opportunities between children in a small group or child and adult. What other kinds of sensory input can you think of using play dough? Provides calming and quiet time

Rolling a play dough snake is particularly effective for developing bilateral coordination skills. In many functional tasks, both hands do symmetrical task (buttoning a shirt, pulling up pants, jumping rope, etc. When rolling a lump of play dough with the hands together, one needs to use the same amount of pressure or force with both hands, and move the playdough together at the same time. Otherwise, the play dough snake is lopsided, or thin on one end and not the other.

Play dough can be used for gross motor development also. Include playdough in an obstacle course as a stop between obstacles, or gross motor exercises. One especially calming play dough recipe is our crayon play dough, and playing with the dough when warm is very calming. If making your own play dough, add a little calming essential oil, and you’ve given it another desirable element for calm play, and time away. Another great benefit of play dough! We’ll cover how to use play dough as a tool to support development in all of these areas in greater detail below. When using play dough as a tool, children participate together by talking, sharing, and co-building.