Kids will learn common digraphs in no time with these cute playdough mats. They are easy to prepare and make an awesome word work station or literacy center. This playdough digraph activity is the perfect complement to our popular Digraph Activity Pack!
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Getting Ready
To prep the playdough mats (below), I began by printing them on cardstock to give them extra durability. For my class, I made six copies of each mat so that I could use them for small group work. The kids loved how colorful and inviting these mats were!
Then I ran them through my laminator. (Alternatively, you could put them inside a plastic sleeve.)
Playdough Digraph Activity
My students and I worked on one digraph each day. To begin, I spread out six -CH playdough mats. We said -CH out loud and then talked about the pictures on the mat that contain -CH.
I explained that -CH is often found at the beginning and end of words. Then, the kids made the -CH letters and traced -CH using an erasable marker. For fun, we also made playdough cheese!
My students loved chatting about all the -CH words. I was impressed when they thought of other words like “chocolate”, “chicken” and “lunch.” They also enjoyed manipulating the playdough to make the digraph letters.
As an added bonus, these digraph activity mats also had students practice their handwriting, writing down all of the different digraphs on the mat.
One day after the next, we brainstormed digraph words, built them with playdough and traced them with a dry erase marker. The digraph activity mats were an addictively fun literacy center!
Grab Your Download
Click the blue download button below to grab your free digraph playdough mats and then hop over and snag our awesome Playdough Mats!
These are lovely, thank you so much. Clear, attractive and engaging, with great graphics!
Thank you so much, Adela! We appreciate the kind words and hope that you and your students find hours of learning and inspiration!
Thank you for sharing!
Welcome Jill!
I hope that your classroom loves them as much as we do.
Warmly,
Kimberleigh
Thank you for such great activities that support the classroom instruction.
You are very welcome, Lisa!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
Hoping to get the diagram play doh mats. Download not working.
I love them.
Tracy
Hi Tracy,
Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry you’re having trouble downloading. We never want that.
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You can also check out our troubleshooting video HERE for help. If you still can’t get it to work, you can email me at hello@www.playdoughtoplato.com and I will get it to you.
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
I am unable to access the download. It leads me to another website telling me there is an error.
Hoping to get the download.