Cloud dough 

You need: 

1. 8 cups of plain flour 

2. 1 cup of baby oil 

How to make it: 

1. Mix the flour and oil together in a tray and combine until soft but malleable. 

How it can be used to support learning: 

1. Developing anticipation skills- building a ‘sandcastle’ and then anticipating it disappearing as another person splats it 

2. Engaging in parallel play with another child/adult filling and making ‘flour castles’  

3. Improving turn taking and waiting skills- ‘My turn’, ‘Your turn’ 

4. Exploring texture 

5. Filling and emptying 

6. Fill two cups with the cloud dough and ask your child to identify which has more and which less/Show your child an amount of cloud dough in a cup and ask them to fill another cup with more or less than you have in your cup 

7. Developing listening skills– Have objects hidden and  ask your child to find them when you give a symbolic and/or verbal cue 

8. Developing problem solving skills- Searching for particular colour/type/number of items