• Fine Motor,  Playdoh

    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…