Saturday, July 18, 2015

Spotlight Saturday: Easy to Make Kool-Aid Play-Dough

Happy Saturday everyone! Time to have some fun, and hopefully share something you can use in your classroom. If this is your fist time here, this is an amazing weekly Link up hosted by Erin at Kindergarten DRAGONS. I encourage you to participate; it is a great way to share resources and ideas that you think are worth to know about. To visit Kindergarten Dragons an participate just click on the image below and it will take you to her blog.



This week I found a terrific idea for making Kool-Aid Play-Dough. So I want to give the spotlight to Abigail from Kindergarten Chaos who developed this "kool" recipe.
What I like so much about it is that it doesn't involve using cream of tartar like some other recipes you might find out there. I think this is a much faster and simpler way to make it. It's also supposed to smell delicious!

She has several different types, cotton candy playdough, cinnamon sparkle, frozen inspired, and more. So hard to pick one! They all look fantastic! She just gives a parent or volunteer a baggy with all the dry ingredients and instructions so they can make it for her classroom...genius!

I use play-doh a lot during the first weeks of school. Young children (and some not so young) just love to get their hands on it, and while they play, I have the chance to assess them. Kindergarten Chaos did a marvelous job at putting together lots of fun activities with play-dough that provide hands-on opportunities to practice many skills aligned with Common Core.

These are just a few examples:
Click on the image and it will direct you to her blog where you'll find the instructions to make it and  many ideas to use the play-dough in the classroom.

Well, I hope this is something you can use in your classroom, or if not, maybe you know somebody who might be able to use it. Personally, on my next trip to the supermarket, I'm going to get some Kool-Aid and I'm going to give it a try. I can't wait to see how it turns out!

Thank you for reading, and until the next Spotlight!

12 comments:

  1. I LOVE this idea! The kiddos love playdough (and I do too), but it gets boring after a while! This would definitely help me to recharge my playdough center!! Great spotlight! Your blog is adorable!

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    1. Thank you Lauren! Like you I didn't think of so many possibilities for fun centers involving play-dough! I'll definitely try this year! :)

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  2. Ah play dough is always a big thing in our class - the children LOVE it and love doing all different activities with it!

    Teaching Autism

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    1. I love play-dough too, but it never crossed my mind that I could make my own, and nice smelling ones. I'm going to try this time to make it, we'll see! It should be fun!

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  3. I love being able to use play dough in our learning centers and I LOVE making my own. It's so much cheaper than buying it.
    Rachael

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    1. Hi, Rachael, I bet it is cheaper...I never tried before, but I'm definitely making my own this year! Thanks for stopping by!

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  4. This is such a GREAT post!! I have always wanted to try making my own play-dough for the classroom, and I love how this recipe doesn't call for cream of tartar! What kiddo (or adult, even) doesn't love getting to use play-dough!! My kinders are going to love using these 'Kool' types of play-dough!! Thank you for sharing all the different ways play-dough can be used as well!! I'm definitely going to check out Kindergarten Chaos!!
    Thank you so much for linking up for Spotlight Saturday, I had a great timer reading your post! I hope you have a wonderful week!!

    Erin
    Kindergarten Dragons

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    1. Thank YOU for hosting Spotlight Saturday! I'm glad you like the play-dough idea. making my own play-dough it's in my To Do list. We'll see how it turns out. Thank you for visiting!

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  5. Hi Marta, I love your blog!! I didn't know you started one. It looks great!!
    Jessica

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  6. Hi Marta, I love your blog!! I didn't know you started one. It looks great!!
    Jessica

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    1. Hi Jess! This was my summer project, and I'm glad you like it! It took a lot of hours to figure it out, but I can now say I'm officially a blogger LOL!
      Thank you for stopping by!!!

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  7. Thanks for the spotlight sweetie! :-)

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