Need a last minute gift idea? Our SLPs recommend Play-doh!

Why Play-Doh is recommended by Cheshire Fitness Zone Speech-Language Pathologists:

            Play-doh can target so many different things, including but not limited to the following…

• Choice making:
  • What color do you want?
  • What shape should we make?
• Requesting:
  • Have your child ask for a specific color/cutter/tool/etc.
• Verbs:
  • Receptively: Having your child carry out directives with different verbs, e.q. squeeze, roll, push, pull, cut, open,close; along with pretend play verbs: eat, cook, etc.
  • Expressively: Having your child tell you what to do with the play-doh, or express what they are doing.
• Semantic/vocabulary development:
  • Categories:
    • Identify different categories as you play, e.g. “Lets make some farm animals/food/vehicles!”
  • Exclusions:
    • e.g. “We have a cow, pig, and lion. Which one is not a farm animal?”
  • Associations:
    • e.g. “Let’s cut the pizza you made. What do we need to cut it?”
• Prepositions:
  • Many activities incorporate placing play-doh in, on and out of something. You can work prepositions into play in many ways. Some additional prepositions you could use include: off, under, behind, next to.
• Adjectives:
  • Expand sentences to include adjectives.
    • Discussthe size, color and texture of your creations!