I'm not sure what your age group is, but when I taught 3-4's, playdough drove me crazy. I had an hard floor area, but they would drop it, step in it, and track it on the carpet. I finally came up with the idea for playdough trays. At the beginning of the school year, I spent time in the Art Center teaching them to keep their dough on the trays (lots of reminders, positive and specific feedback, and following through with logical consequences, such as cleaning up what they dropped on the floor), just as I taught them how to use playdough tools. I had very few problems after introducing the playdough trays.
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Mary Porter
Lead Teacher
Macfeat Laboratory School
Rock Hill SC
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-04-2020 12:02 PM
From: Monica Justice
Subject: Playdough Center
I want to have playdough out all of the time but my students always get it in the carpet. The table the students use is used for many things so I can't put something permanent over the carpet and our whole room is carpeted. How do you protect your carpet?
Thanks for your tips!
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Monica Justice
Fletcher OH
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