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12 Words About Summer Printable Play Dough Mats

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These 2D Shapes Playdough mat activites are for students that are learning shape recognition, formation, and characteristics of shapes. These free playdough mats for preschool and kindergarten students are easy to print and use.

How to Use:

  • Print
  • Laminate
  • Play and Learn (reuse over and over)

Your child or student will build find motor skills, shape recognition, and one to one building skills. Each page shows shape formation and how to spell the objects word. 

This set includes:

  • Sun
  • Shovel
  • Sandcastle
  • Shell
  • Sand dollar
  • Palm tree
  • Popsicle
  • Lemonade
  • Ice cream
  • Glasses
  • Bucket
  • Flip flop

There is also the option to print 4 cards to a page for smaller mats.

Have children read the word on the mat (or help them read it) and then trace the word. Kids will learn the words based on the picture on each card. This is a form of learning to read and is great practice.

Making Summer Shapes

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Playdough Summer Shape: Bucket

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Summer Shape: Sandcastle

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Playdough Summer Shape: Flip Flop

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Summer Shape: Ice Cream

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Summer Shape: Lemonade

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Summer Shape: Palm Tree

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

Playdough Summer Shape: Popsicle

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Summer Shape: Sand Dollar

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Playdough Summer Shape: Shell

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Playdough Summer Shape: Shovel

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Playdough Summer Shape: Sun

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

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Playdough Summer Shape: Glasses

Roll the playdough into a snake shape. Lay it on the laminated card and trace the shape pattern. Use a dry erase marker to trace the letters of each shape word.

Teaching kids all about summer? These words about summer printable activity mats are perfect for working on fine motor skills, learning new vocabulary words and more!

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