Play Dough Addition Activity

Play dough activities for early years maths helps to combine sensory activities, fine motor skills and number work which is a great way of bringing numbers to life.

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Print out the Addition Number Sentence worksheet. Laminate it if possible.
Roll out play dough and use cookie cutters or little fingers to make shapes.
Roll the dice twice and place the corresponding number of shapes into the worksheet.
Count and write how many of each shape are in each box. Count the objects altogether and write the total number.
Using a rolling pin to flatten out the play dough can help to strengthen hand muscles and transferring the shapes onto the work sheet will help with fine motor skills.
This is also a great way to practice subtraction!