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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | UNCRC Playdough activity ideas..    Adding theme, focus and loose media to dough ..   Woolly playdough sheep Spring time and nature's seasonally cute baby animals .. lambs and tactile dough curls... Use the templates available in the Sheepy curls craft kit title and create a board game that explores number, quantity and math by asking 'how many dough curls fit on your sheep', and communication through talk about lambs and show breeds, petting opportunities and animal welfare.  Caring for rescue sheep   Sheep on wikipedia  Contacting local rescue centres to ask about buying natural wool moult  About farmed animals on Vegan Society.org.uk   Wherever possible enable children's own design making, construction, choice and selection of materials for their sheep. Resources needed: Sheep outlines - dough - string / yarn / acrylic thread - scissors Making dough swirls is great for physical development, fine and gross motor skills and encouraging participation. They can form snail shells, baked cinnamon swirls, letter e's, they demonstrate yo-yo actions and open discussion for language - roll, curl, unravel, twist, turn, wind, round, circle, circular,  coil, contract, relax, spiral .. Our 2008 Mother's Day involved a photo shoot opportunity for this page :D xx Take photos of your finished sheep and decorate a pasture for grazing.  Add child led stories to the field, explore sheep and their lifespan of 8 to 12 years.   Sheep and lamb resources:   Sam Sheep can't sleep story book and Noodle's knitting     Links to amazon are in connection with silkysteps affiliate account