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Play Dough Alphabet Mats: “Let it Rain”

October 12, 2020 •

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Need play dough mats that students can use at home or school to practice letter identification and sounds? These play dough alphabet mats with a rainy day theme are the perfect alphabet activities.

How to Use the Play Dough Alphabet Mats

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Skills Covered:

  • Letter Identification
  • Letter and Sound Correspondence
  • Fine Motor

Materials: Printables (see below), scissors, blue play dough, laminator

Print, cut, and laminate the printables.

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Place a chunk of blue play dough in the cloud.

Students name the letters and sound. They can form play dough snakes to create the letters.

Then, pinch raindrops off the “cloud,” roll into a raindrop and make it rain on the correct umbrellas that have the targeted letter.

These are great mats for use in a center or to send home for independent practice.

Printable Alphabet Mats

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More Alphabet Printables

We have lots more alphabet printables for you to use with students to work on letter recognition and letter sounds.

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Print the ABC chart and learn six ways you can use it.—>Get the ABC Chart.

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Play a game of beginning sound bingo with our free bingo boards.—>Get the Beginning Sounds Bingo Boards.

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And, keep the ABC learning going with this printable list of ABC books.—>See the ABC books.

Your students will know their letters and sounds in no time!

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