Preschool · Arts · week 15

Playdough shape factory

Roll and shape playdough into circles, squares, and triangles, strengthening hand muscles.

Playdough is a shape factory today. You will roll it, flatten it, and shape it into circles, squares, and triangles.

Roll a ball, then squish it flat with your palm. Then use your fingers to pinch it into a shape.

📋 For the teacher

Teach it (10–15 min):

Homemade or store-bought dough both work fine. Have a clean, flat surface ready.
Model rolling and pinching slowly, narrating each step out loud.
Rolling, squishing, and pinching all build the small hand muscles used later for writing.
Let your child make extra shapes and combine them into a bigger dough scene if they want to keep going.

Talk about it:

Mastery looks like: They roll, flatten, and pinch dough into a recognizable circle, square, and triangle.

Common stumbles: Corners that round themselves back out because the dough is pinched too gently or too late.

Records attendance + 15 min of Arts for this learner.