Moon Dough

This was my first experience with Moon Dough although I have played around with Moon Sand a little. The kids thought that it was fun and a good substitute for playdough. I just love how light it is, like styrofoam.

As you can see, this set comes with tools to make food. My class loved it. They are always making cakes, cookies etc with the playdough.

You can practice some academic skills with this by making shapes, letter and numbers. Also, you can throw in some science by having them compare Moon Dough and Play Dough (or any other substance such as Oobleck, flubber, slime, etc). Have them describe how it feels, the texture, how it smells, how it moves, molds or pours, etc. But whatever you do, don't forget the most important thing, have fun!

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Adding Food-Related Items to Interest Areas

 We have started our food around the world study. Here are some of the things we added to our interest areas.

Class books we made by cutting out pictures of food from store ads. We have this in our library area. Below are some pictures of some of the pages.

This is added to the kitchen area along with the play food.  We will be setting up our own grocery store (pictured below with the open/closed sign)

To add some literacy to the area, we will have clipboards to make grocery lists, markers and paper to make signs and nametags for the workers, and coupons. For math, we will be adding a cash register with play money.

It is also good to have purses, wallets, and bags available for children to act out more realistically what they see their parents do when they go to the grocery store or supermarket.

These are cake making play dough toys which will be added to art area.

These rebus recipes are posted in the dramatic play area. Keep in mind visuals are good for all learners, but they can be especially helpful to dual language learners and children with disabilities. We will also be adding other recipes that families bring in that are traditional foods from their home countries. 

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