A simple play dough is such an interesting toy for toddlers and pre-schoolers alike. If you dont have play dough, just mix some dough for chapathis and use it instead :)
You can start by spreading a rubber sheet / mat / newspaper on the floor so that you dont spill dough all over the floor! Give each child a lump of dough and you are ready to go! Just ask them to squeeze the dough, then make it flat by tapping on it, then make it into a ball. Yes, teach them all this by doing it yourself. When those tiny hands press and squeeze the dough, they refine their motor skills and dexterity. And they learn to take simple instruction from you, this can double as a vocabulary building excersice too where you introduce a shapes and colours and other atricles.
Other shapes you might want to try:
Shapes(circle, triangle, rectangle)
Ball
Plate
Snake
Bucket
Spoon
Wrist watch (Just make a long flat strip and make a small circle and stick in the center as the dial and put it on your kiddo's wrist) / bangle
Grape bunch (make a lot of grape size balls and stick it together to make a bunch of grapes).
You can also fire up their imagination by asking them to suggest things they want to make : )
The next time you make chapathis, take their help to roll out the chapathis, you will enjoy the different shapes of chapathis you get to eat!
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