Make learning shapes fun, hands-on, and interactive with these EYFS Shape Playdough Mats! This printable early years maths resource gives young children a fun, sensory way to explore 2D shapes, develop shape recognition, and build important fine motor skills.
Children use playdough to create and form each shape, making this a practical and engaging EYFS maths activity for Nursery, Reception, preschool, and kindergarten.
###What Children Will Practise
- Recognising and naming 2D shapes
- Forming shapes using playdough
- Developing fine motor skills and hand strength
- Building hand-eye coordination
- Exploring spatial awareness and early geometry
- Developing confidence with early maths concepts
- Taking part in creative, hands-on learning
Simply print, cut the mats in half, and laminate them for repeated use. Add playdough and you have a ready-to-use EYFS maths activity for your classroom or learning environment.
Perfect ForThese shape playdough mats are ideal for:
- EYFS maths activities
- Nursery and Reception
- Early Years classrooms
- Preschool
- Kindergarten
- Homeschool
- Maths centres
- Continuous provision
- Learning stations
- Morning tubs
- Small group activities
- Independent learning
- Fine motor activities
- Sensory play
Shapes Included:
- Circle
- Square
- Rectangle
- Triangle
- Heart
- Star
- Hexagon
- Pentagon
- Octagon
- Parallelogram
- Trapezoid
- Oval
- Semicircle
- Rhombus
These printable shape mats for kids are a great addition to your Early Years maths provision, helping children learn through play while developing essential early maths and physical skills.
Give your learners a fun, screen-free way to practise shape recognition and formation with these engaging EYFS playdough mats!
About this File
Purchase includes:
Play doh Mats, shapes, (PDF Files), two cards per page, cut in half to use
2 Size Options for Printing:
A4 paper (210x297mm.)-Print Page 1-7
US letter paper (8.5”x11”)-Print Page 8-14
Also included in our Mega Bundle, save 26% when purchasing the set:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/play-dough-mats-mega-bundle-eyfs-preschool-and-kindergarten-sensory-and-fine-motor-activities-13601495
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