Dough Disco

Believe it or not, teaching your child to write letters and follow dotted lines is not the way to make them successful writers. Before children aquire these skills they must first ensure that their bodies are strong enough to hold their pencil and begin to control it. To prepare young children for writing it is important to strengthen the muscles in their hands and fingers. Children always learn better through fun and interesting activities. St Marys @ The Park has launched Dough Disco. This is carried out a couple of times through the week as just one of the ways we can strengthen and develop children's muscles ready for them to begin their journey into writing. Dough Disco involves, encouraging children to manipulate dough while listening to upbeat songs. Children are encouraged, while practitioners model, rolling the dough, squeezing it, poking it, flattening it etc. manipulating the dough and giving the muscles a good work out. Playdough is a wonderful resource and can be used in a variety of ways to teach children many educaional benefits. It is not just something to be feared as it sticks to the carpet. Here are some of the children getting involved in Dough Disco at nursery. We carried out our first Dough Disco to Pharrell Williams - Happy.