Your children will learn about shape and develop their fine motor skills with this easy art activity. Keep reading to download your free set of task cards!
Do you remember playing with play dough as a kid?
It’s an oldie but a goodie when it comes to early childhood and early elementary activities.
When your child is playing with play dough they are…
- developing the small muscles in the hands needed for future fine motor tasks when they do small movements likes rolling and shaping
- expanding their hand-eye coordination as they manipulate the dough
- being introduced to and reinforcing vocabulary when they use play dough task cards to guide their activity
This easy art activity is a low-prep way to introduce your child to shape while nurturing their fine motor skill development. Shape is not only an element of art, but a foundational mathematical concept.
Here’s how to do this art activity (plus that free download I promised):
Supplies:
- Set of Shape Play Dough Task Cards (download your free set here)
- Play dough or clay
- Placemat (optional, but highly recommended)
Directions:
- Print off the Shape Play Dough task cards.
- Cut out task cards and laminate (optional).
- Select a task card to complete.
- Use your hands to create the shape on the task card.
- Repeat these steps with all six cards.
If you enjoyed this activity, you may be interested in the play dough task cards that I have included in the following activity packs:
- Element of Line Activity Pack
- Element of Texture Activity Pack
- Element of Form Activity Pack
- Sharing Activity Pack
If you don’t have play dough on hand but DO have some common kitchen ingredients, you can make your own clay using this recipe.
