What is
dough disco?
Dough disco involves moulding play dough in time to music and performing
different actions such as rolling it into a ball, flattening it, putting each
individual finger into the dough, rolling it into a sausage and squeezing it.
Why do
dough disco?
This activity helps to strengthen children's fine motor muscles to
enable them to develop their pencil grip which in turn will help to develop
their writing skills. But most of all it's fun!
When do
we do dough disco?
In Pre School we are going to do it for five minutes a day during wake
and shake / wiggle and jiggle.
What do
you need to do a dough disco?
Music – Any song will do! Pop songs, Abba, Frozen
CD, Musicals, and TV Themes.
Dough – You can buy pots of dough or make
your own with your child. See the recipes below to help!
A set of moves! -
These can be done in any order and you don’t need to include them all!
Dough disco moves
Roll the dough into a ball using
both hands.
Poke the dough with each finger
and thumb in turn to make holes in the dough. Make sure you swap hands so all
fingers and thumbs are used. Extend by using names of fingers and thumb:Tom
Thumb,Peter Pointer,Toby Tall, Ruby Ring, Baby Small.
Squeeze the dough with all the
fingers and thumb using a fist grip one hand at a time.
Sausage! Roll the play dough
between both hands moving backwards and forwards to make a sausage.
Pancake! Hold the play dough in one
hand and push the other hand flat into the play dough. Repeat this until the
dough is flatter!
Pinch the play dough. Hold the play
dough in one hand and use Tom Thumb and Peter Pointer to pinch the dough. Then
swap hands and repeat.
Try it at home!
You have nothing to lose
but all to gain by doing dough disco at home! The children will develop the
muscles in their hands to help them with their pencil grip which will help them
with their handwriting! Five minutes a day will help to give your children the
skills they need to become happy and successful writers! Give it a go and have
some fun!
Recipe
for play dough - cooked
Ingredients: 1 cup of salt, 2 cups of water,2 tablespoons of cream of tartar, 2 cups of flour, 2 tablespoons of oil, Food colouring
Directions:
*Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil
in a pan.
* Mix the water with the food colouring.
* Add the water and food colouring mix to the
other ingredients, stir well.
* Cook on medium heat for 4-5 minutes, while
constantly stirring.
* When the mixture becomes “doughy”, remove
from heat and start kneading. (the dough will be hot, so mind your hands)
* When desired texture is achieved, the play
dough is finished, enjoy your dough disco
Happy dough disco!
