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November 16, 2017 By Nicole Franklin · Leave a Comment

Monster Alphabet Play Dough Mats

My preschoolers are all about the play dough mats lately!  It has worked to my advantage because of all of the play dough mat choices and skills focused on in our printable centers and busy bins.  Play dough is so inviting for little learners and encourages fine motor practice.  Our monster alphabet play dough alphabet mats is the perfect learning center to practice uppercase and lowercase letters including letter formation.

FREE printable monster alphabet play dough mats for preschoolers and kindergarteners to work on uppercase and lowercase recognition and letter formation!

Monster Alphabet Play Dough Mats

This free printable set includes a monster play dough mat and 26 letter cards.  The letter cards include an uppercase and lowercase letter.

Prepping this activity takes no time!  Simply print the set from the bright pink button below.  Cut the alphabet cards apart on the gray dotted lines and then laminate the set.

When using the monster alphabet play dough mats in my classroom, I print 4 play dough mats for the center.  Then I put all of the alphabet cards in a mini bucket in the middle of the table for each preschooler to pick from.

FREE printable monster alphabet play dough mats for preschoolers and kindergarteners to work on uppercase and lowercase recognition and letter formation!

To play, pick a letter out of the bucket and identify it.  Build the uppercase and lowercase letter with play dough on the monster’s belly.

Focus on rolling the play dough out into a snake and then bending it to form the shape of the letter.  Pinching apart smaller pieces helps too!

After the letter is complete, pick another card and play again!

This activity can easily be adapted to fit the needs of multiple leveled learners in the same classroom.

Draw a red line with dry erase markers under the uppercase letters on the card.  Draw a blue line under the lowercase letters.  Make it clear to the different groups visiting the center which letters to work on — red, blue, or both.  This will also allow the center to be independently worked at.

FREE printable monster alphabet play dough mats for preschoolers and kindergarteners to work on uppercase and lowercase recognition and letter formation!

Use these play dough mats around Halloween time, when learning the letter M, or during fine motor Fridays!

You can find the file to print this monster alphabet play dough set below.

Now you have to check out these super fun learning activities from some of my favorite bloggers!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Feed the Monster Alphabet Match // Sara J Creations

Monster Alphabet Playdough Mats // Modern Preschool

Monster Counting Cards // Miss Kindergarten

Monster Math Addition Clip Cards // The Kindergarten Connection

Monster Counting Mats // The STEM Laboratory

Monster Measurement Cards // Fairy Poppins

Monster Alphabet Game // Stay at Home Educator

Felt Monsters Busy Box // Teach Me Mommy

Monster Letter Match // Schooling a Monkey

Monster Snowball Coverall // Recipe for Teaching

Snow Monster Addition Puzzles // The Simplified Classroom

Monster Shape Graphs // Playdough to Plato

Slime Monster Counting Activity // Fun-A-Day

Name the Monster Phonics Game // Play & Learn Every Day

Monster Counting Emergent Reader // A Dab of Glue Will Do

Color Monsters Write the Room // Letters of Literacy

Monster Truck Numbers: Bigger and Smaller // Liz’s Early Learning Spot

Monster Creation Tray // Powerful Mothering

Monster Feelings Match Up // Pocket of Preschool

 

How great is it to have so many related activities in one place?!

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