Word Awareness Nursery Rhyme Activities - Phonological Awareness Play Dough Mats
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Description
Teach word awareness and nurture language development with these engaging Nursery Rhyme Play Dough Mats. The concept of a word is a basic phonological awareness skill easily taught in preschool and kindergarten using these nursery rhyme activities. Your students will learn to segment the words in a sentence while they develop one-to-one correspondence and their fine motor skills.
Word awareness is a fundamental phonological awareness skill, and these nursery rhyme mats provide hands-on practice. Students will learn to identify the individual words within sentences and have fun doing it.
HOW IT WORKS
The children roll playdough into small balls and place them on the designated circles beneath each word in the sentence. As they say each word, they squash the corresponding playdough ball and strengthen their ability to recognise word boundaries.
This engaging hands-on activity
- reinforces one-to-one correspondence
- develops word awareness – a phonological awareness skill
- builds fine motor skills
- promotes counting practice
- increases engagement
CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE SAMPLES OF THE MATS AND ALL THE BONUS PRINTABLES
Yes! There are heaps of extra resources included in this comprehensive pack.
This resource contains:
- 35 Nursery rhyme Playdough Mats
- My best-ever playdough recipe
- 35 Nursery rhyme cards with the lyrics for your reference. I like to add mine to a binder ring.
- 3 Learning Prompts
- A teacher checklist to track students' progress and understanding of word awareness.
- 2 Student recording sheets
- A document wallet label to print and help you keep the resources organized.
Each of the 35 Playdough Mats features a familiar sentence from a popular nursery rhyme, offering a fun and interactive way for children to engage with language.
With colourful visuals and an easy-to-follow format, these mats are perfect for literacy centres, small group activities, or independent practice.
USE THESE NURSERY RHYME PLAYDOUGH MATS IN:
- hands-on literacy investigation areas
- literacy centers
- fine motor activities
- small group literacy rotations
- morning tubs
- busy bags
- early finishers
- homework
- or for informing your assessment grades
With 35 printable nursery rhyme playdough mats, my favourite playdough recipe, nursery rhyme cheat cards with lyrics for teacher reference, learning prompts, a teacher checklist, student recording sheets, and a document wallet label for organisation, this resource provides everything you’ll need to create engaging and effective word awareness activities.
Check out the preview to sneak a peek at all the ways I use these resources in my classroom.
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