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CURRICULUM AND LEARNING DEVELOPMENT * 5 HOURS *
​PROGRAM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT * 5 HOURS * LEVEL 2

 Playdough in the Classroom

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Lesson Plan Example

Applying What You Have Learned
​On the following pages are lesson plans that can be used to playdough into your program planning.  The lesson plans are intended to be an optional resource that you may adapt for use in your classroom.  The worksheets at the bottom of each lesson plan are part of the required coursework (not optional). 

Please read each lesson plan carefully and then answer the short-answer question at the bottom of the page.
Use Your Noodle Playdough Play
Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care.  Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when providing art and sensory experiences for children.
Age Group: ​ 
  • Toddlers
  • Preschool
Objectives:
  • Children will use colorful pasta shapes with playdough to encourage curiosity and creative play
CDA Competency Standard:  
II.5.1a
  • Activities encourage curiosity, exploration and discovery
    • a) Activities involve developmentally appropriate, hands-on experiences
Dot Dot Seurat: Discovering Pointillism
Use your Noodle Playdough Play
Materials:  
  • Uncooked pasta shapes (bowtie, corkscrew, tube shape, etc)
  • Food coloring
  • Vinegar
  • Ziplock bags
  • Playdough (we recommend the Basic Dough recipe)
Procedure: 
To dye the pasta:
  • Add desired amount of uncooked pasta to a ziplock bag along with about ¼ cup of vinegar and 10 drops of food coloring. Seal the bag and mix the vinegar mixture around with the pasta until thoroughly coated. Allow pasta to stay in the bag for approximately 5 minutes, turning halfway through. Empty contents of bag onto several layers of paper towels and allow to dry overnight. 
For the activity:
  • Place a mound of playdough in the middle of a partitioned tray and add noodles to the other partitions by color.
  • Invite children to play with materials and use the noodles to create a sculpture.
Assessment:  
  • Observe and record the child’s experience with the materials. Did the child use the materials in unexpected ways? 
Click on the photos to enlarge 

    Use your Noodle Playdough Play

    Playdough in the Classroom
For Future Reference
When this training is over, it's going to be hard to remember all these lesson plans! We want you to get the most from this training, and continue to use this information in your classroom.  We have put the lesson plans in this course, that are produced by Successful Solutions, on our resource website, www.Lessons4Learners.com, where you can continue to access them after your training expires. 
Be sure to bookmark the direct link to the page where the lesson plans can be found for easy access in the future at:   
http://www.lessons4learners.com/playdough.html