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Playing dough —it's the childhood favorite that every parent loves. Play dough is the perfect toy for kids of all ages.

The possibilities with playing dough are endless! Kids of all ages love to play with play dough and there are so many opportunities for learning. Today I'm sharing a list of great dough tools that will be handy to have in the cupboard to make playing with dough even more engaging and exciting for little ones.

WHAT YOU GET

• 8 basic dough tools for use with modelling dough or clay. Contains: straight pizza cutter, zig zag pizza cutter, rolling pin, knife, and plastic scissors, they are the perfect size for little hands.
• 47 alphabet/number/shape dough cutters, use a dough tool set of alphabet/number/shapes/symbol with play dough to practice letter/number/shapes/symbol recognition, name printing and spelling out words. It is a great way to introduce letters/numbers/shapes/symbols in a playful context and a good place to start before moving on to pen and paper.

• Playing dough helps build multiple fine motor skills, while promoting play, as it instantly provides multi-sensory hands-on interaction. Children who are tactile seekers love to engage with play dough, and instantly begin squishing, squeezing, and molding it.
• If you are looking for ideas for therapeutic sessions, try these fun fine motor dough activities to encourage fine motor skill development and hand strengthening throughout the year.

• Another one of the benefits of playing dough is building bilateral coordination. Bilateral coordination can be both sides of the body doing the same thing, working together, like squishing the dough.It can also be one hand holding the dough, while the other hand uses a tool. The addition of playdough tools can enhance skills and play.
• Rolling a dough snake is particularly effective for developing bilateral coordination skills. In many functional tasks, both hands do symmetrical task (buttoning a shirt, pulling up pants, jumping rope, etc. When rolling a lump of play dough with the hands together, one needs to use the same amount of pressure or force with both hands, and move the playdough together at the same time. Otherwise, the dough snake is lopsided, or thin on one end and not the other.
• Pizza wheel, cutters, rolling pin, scissors --- These are perfect for playing dough playtime! Build those bilateral coordination skills, while also building early life skills, with the use of dough tools. It’s a win for childhood development.

• Playing dough can be used as a relaxing medium that provides calm and quiet time for children who are feeling anxious or stressed and need a break away from the noise and the action.
• Playing dough manipulation also provides tactile sensory awareness and proprioceptive input, which can serve to be therapeutic by giving deep pressure to the hands, fingers, and arms in a calming manner.

Besides hours of countless fun for your kids, what are the benefits of playing with dough?

1. It encourages creativity

No matter how many colors you have, there is an unlimited number of creations your kids can make from playing dough. Creating objects from scratch encourages your kids to stretch their imaginations and think in new and innovative ways.

2. It improves social skills

When your child works with other kids or even adults while playing with dough, it’s great practice for social settings. Between sharing various colors, tools, and materials, as well as spending ample time together discussing and collaborating, your children will get great practice with their social skills. Ask your children to describe their process while they play to help them out of their comfort zone and to engage with others.

3. It supports literacy and numeracy

It's difficult to get kids interested in learning, especially about tricky subjects like reading or math. Dough is an awesome tool for teaching your children about counting, shapes, descriptions, and more.

4. It promotes playtime

In today's technology-driven world, kids are constantly drawn to the next gadget. Instead of letting your kids sit in front of the TV all day, give them play dough and encourage time spent disconnected. Playing dough helps kids slow down and focus on playing while using a number of senses and skills in the process.