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The Power of Playdough
I admit it. I’m a playdough snob. I know all about how good playdough is for kids to work those small muscles and build strength in their hands. I value the sensory experience a child gets from playing with a mound of colored dough. Here’s the thing…it’s just not happening with that canned stuff in my classroom. My preschool students don’t play with store-bought playdough. I guess they’re playdough snobs, too. Aside from the fact it’s expensive and way too difficult for little hands to work with, I have a few concerns with the extra ingredients of commercial brand of Playdoh. According to Wikipedia… Play-Doh’s current manufacturer, Hasbro, reveals the compound is primarily a…