Play Dough Inspiration from the Blogosphere

I've posted about play dough on PreK and K Sharing blog.

So I've been thinking a lot about play dough. I remember my mom making play dough. And years later, when I made my own play dough for the first time, those memories came flooding back.

Play dough is so versatile and can generate lots of learning opportunities. Here are some ideas from around the blogosphere related to play dough.

Dr. Jean, on her great blog, recently had a whole series on using play dough in the classroom--

• Play Dough 101
• Play Dough 102
• Play Dough 103

Here are some other recipes for play dough--

• Got Dough? (Dr. Jean)
• Best Ever No-Cook Play Dough Recipe (Imagination Tree)
• Ocean Slime (Buggy and Buddy)
• Dirt Dough (Growing a Jeweled Rose)

Here are some things to do with it--

• Fresh Herb Sculptures (Nurture Store)
• Make a Puzzle (This Reading Mama)
• Play Dough Center (Pre-K Pages)
• Fun Props for Play Dough (Teach Preschool)
• Name Search Play Dough Game (Homegrown Friends)
• 3 Essential Play Dough Tools You Might Already Have (Tinkerlab)