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Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

October 14, 2019 by Selena Robinson 6 Comments

With Piglet starting on preschool work this fall, we’ve been using a lot of preschool playdough mats.

So this week I’m sharing a brand new printable set of preschool mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats!

These are super fun for little ones who are working on fine motor skills, shape recognition, and more!

Plus, they’re a perfect activity for preschoolers who are working on a geology unit along with their older siblings.

Printable Mountain Themed Fine Motor Mats for Kids

Read on to see how to get yours for free!

And don’t forget to stop by and check out some of our other preschool printables, including our Apple Tree Counting Mat and our Beach Playdough Number Mats!

Help little ones practice fine motor skills and recognizing basic shapes with these fun printable mountain playdough shape mats for kids!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

To use these mountain playdough shape mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Playdough
  • Laminator
  • Do A Dot Markers (optional)

Printable Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

Once you laminate these mats, you can use them again and again, so here are a few different ways to use them with your preschoolers.

Mountain Playdough Shape Mats for Kids

Give your child a Do A Dot marker and challenge him or her to fill in each shape with a different color. Or each dot with a different color.

You can even ask your child to make a color pattern (one green circle, one red circle, one blue circle, then repeat it).

Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats

Hand out circular stickers and let your child stick them into the circles. This is particularly great for toddlers or for times when you want to avoid a potential mess. 😉

Printable Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats

Use playdough to fill in the circles. Have your child roll small bits of dough into circles and place them in each circle to form each shape. This is excellent for fine motor practice.

Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats for Kids

Give your child dry erase crayons and bring the mats along when you’re going to a place you’ll have to wait.

Good choices include the doctor’s office, the drive-through, or a long car ride. Toss a basic washcloth into the car and use it to wipe off the mats for reuse.

Scroll down to get your copy of our free Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats!

Don’t miss these other preschool resources!

Use these free fall printables for preschoolers to help your little ones learn about autumn!

Ten Minute Preschool Activities

Build fine motor skills and letter recognition with these fun forest alphabet playdough mats!

Plus, get more ideas for working with preschoolers on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

These Mountains Do A Dot Shape Mats make perfect preschool playdough mats!

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Free Unit Studies

This post is part of the Mountains Unit Study roundup! Stop by to read even more learning ideas about mountains from my fellow bloggers!

Adventurous Mountain Books your Tween will Love from Crafty Mama in ME

Children’s Picture Books About Camping from The Jenny Evolution

Mountain Sequencing Puzzle from Schooling a Monkey

Making a Mountain Out of A Mole Hill from Tales Of Education At Home

My Side of the Mountain Survival Lessons from FrogMom

These printable mountain playdough shape mats are perfect for helping little ones practice fine motor skills and shape recognition!

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Farm Fine Motor! Farm Shape Playdough Mats

August 23, 2018 by Selena Robinson 5 Comments

These printable farm shape playdough mats are perfect for building fine motor skills with a fun farm theme! Add them to a fall or spring lesson plan!
Use these printable farm do-a-dot shape mats to help preschoolers learn to use dot markers or playdough to form shapes!
Build fine motor skills and shape awareness with these fun printable farm shape playdough mats!

I love teaching shapes to early learners. It’s just plain fun.

There are shapes all around us! So, once you introduce basic shapes to your preschoolers, expect them to point them out everywhere they look.

*Pointing to a window* – “Look, Mommy! A square!”

*Pointing to a plate* – “Look, Mommy! A circle!”

*Me pointing to the toddler bed in which mine should take a nap* – “Look! A rectangle! Don’t you want to get in it?”

(Doesn’t work, by the way.)

These farm shape playdough mats are great for building fine motor skills and shape recognition!

Fun Farm Themed Shape Mats for Early Learners

Plus, they’re a nice, quiet learning activity for kids to work with on their own.

Toddlers and preschoolers love to work with preschool playdough mats, such as our Apple Tree Playdough Mat and our Beach Number Playdough Mats.

And these shape playdough mats are tons of fun too! Kids can use dot markers or playdough to make shapes all by themselves.

Read on to see how to get yours! And don’t miss our list of farm books for kids to read!

Use these fun and simple farm themed shape mats to help early learners practice forming eight different shapes!

Farm Fine Motor! Printable Farm Playdough Shape Mats

To use these farm playdough shape mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided below. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Playdough
  • Laminator
  • Optional: Dot Markers
Learning Basic Shapes with Farm Shape Mats

This product includes eight mats featuring several basic shapes:

  • Triangle
  • Circle
  • Square
  • Rectangle
  • Diamond
  • Oval
  • Heart
  • Pentagon

Plus, this resource includes detailed suggestions for how to use these shape mats with students and as an in-class lesson!

Fun Farm Playdough Shape Mats for Preschool

How to Use Dot Shape Mats with Students

These farm-themed shape mats are so versatile for use with preschoolers and kindergartners.

You can print them and let kids use dot markers to fill in the shapes. Or if you prefer, you can laminate them and let kids use them with playdough!

Easy Farm Themed Shape Learning Mats for Kids

You could also try using stickers instead of markers or laminating them and using them with dry-erase crayons or fingerpaint.

There are tons of ways to help kids use these and work on fine motor skills!

Using Farm Shape Mats with Students

If you don’t plan to laminate these, you can simply print them on cardstock. They’ll hold up much better than on regular paper.

Printable Farm Themed Shape Mats for Preschool

Hint: These are great for busy bag work too.

Just print them two to a page to make miniature shape playdough mats you can place in a busy bag for on-the-go fun!

Get a look at these farm shape mats in action in the video below!

Scroll down to get your set of Farm Shape Playdough Mats!

Add more learning ideas to your farm unit with these activities!

These adorable farm animal paper bag puppets are such a fun way to learn about barnyard animals with the kids!
Add some crafting fun to your farm unit with this fun 3D paper barn craft for kids!
These no prep fall counting worksheets for preschoolers feature a fun farm theme! Use them for classwork or at math centers!
Using Playdough with Farm Shape Mats

To get your copy of our Farm Shape Playdough Mats, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check them out below!

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