Letter Plates
What? plastic plates, play dough, permanent marker
Why? small motor skills, letters, sounds, numbers, shapes
When? Learning center
How? Write letters on the plastic plates with a permanent marker. Children roll the play dough and place it on top of the letters. Challenge them to make something that starts with that sound.
Note! I traced around the letter on the front and back of the plate. You can use upper case letters, lowercase letters, or both like I do.
Number Plates
Write numbers on plastic plates. Children can roll play dough and place it on top of the numbers and then make sets to equal that amount.
*Challenge them to make different combinations of that number?
Shape Plates
You can also make shape plates for the children to reproduce.
*Can they draw the shape with paper and pencil after they make it?