These pumpkin playdough ideas for preschool will help your little ones strengthen fine motor skills with seasonal activities.
These pumpkin playdough ideas are a great way to have little express their creativity and practice early learning skills while strengthening fine motor muscles as they pinch, roll, and manipulate playdough.
Playdough is a great tool to have on hand when you want to strengthen fine motor skills. As preschoolers pinch, roll, and manipulate playdough, they strengthen the muscles in their hands, wrists, and arms.
These are the muscles that preschoolers will use when they write, tie their shoes, and button their clothes.
These happy face pumpkins are such a fun way for toddler, preschool, pre k, and kindergarten age students to learn shapes for kids! Simply use play doh and these shape playdough mats.
This easy homemade playdough recipe is so easy and it only requires two ingredients. This fall preschool cooking activity makes it perfect for the classroom!
Make Playdough Pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns for Hands-On Halloween Fun
Mix up your own fall-scented playdough, recycle a cereal box, and celebrate Halloween with this super cute build-your-own playdough Jack-O-Lantern activity for kids! Mix and match spooky features with your own round little playdough pumpkins
Easy Scented Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe for Kids
Make up this scented pumpkin pie playdough recipe for some fall sensory fun with the kids! This only takes a few ingredients and a few minutes to make!
You Have to Check Out This Pumpkin Playdough Recipe; add this AMAZING Pumpkin Pie Playdough to your pumpkin activities and preschool pumpkin theme for the best Pumpkin Playdough Ever! This is the Best Homemade Playdough Recipe for Fall.
Cornstarch dough is the perfect dough for making decorations to hang on a tree. These cute little pumpkins are great for this time of year to add an autumnal feel plus they are perfect for Hallowe…
Stacking Pumpkins Activity : A Fall STEM Activity for Kids
Create a fun STEM Challenge for Halloween with this Stacking Pumpkins STEM Activity for Kids inspired by Five Little Pumpkins! How tall are your pumpkins?
Fill your book basket with a great collection of pumpkin books for kids. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.
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The Run-Away Pumpkin – On a windy autumn day, Marla Little comes running down the hill, yelling, “Help! My giant pumpkin is rolling away! Onward it goes, rolling and turning, with no sign of stopping! Diddle-dee-doo! Oh, what shall I do?”
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? – Mr. Tiffin and his students explore skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment!
The Pumpkin Book – The book features bold, clearly-labeled illustrations, directions for drying seeds, and even how to carve funny or scary faces into your pumpkin (with an adult’s help), along with a fascinating section on pumpkin facts and lore. Perfect for aspiring farmers and kids who can’t wait for Halloween!
Teaching Resources
Learn all about the parts of a pumpkin. How do they work? What do they do? This parts of a pumpkin felt board set is simple enough for preschoolers and detailed enough for use within homeschool or early elementary classrooms.
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