I love using wooden play dough tools in my autism center to help the children learn and thrive. Wooden toys are more resistant, safer for our kids and students and beautifully crafted. Read on to discover my favorite, and most used wooden play dough tools to help you build your own collection. Looking for more sensory toys? This is my selection of sensory toys that every teacher, parent and therapist needs to teach kids on the autism spectrum.
Why wooden play dough tools?
In my practice, I try to invest in wooden toys and learning tools as much as possible. They are better for the environment, healthier for our kids, and more resistant. At my autism center, toys are played with a lot and I want to make sure that when I choose a piece to add to our collection, it will last for a long time.
8 wooden play dough tools
Dinosaur Embossing Pin
This dinosaur embossing pin is a fantastic addition to your child or students’ collection of play dough tools. This wooden rolling pin is wonderful quality and is the perfect tool to work on hand coordination and strength while also making fun dinosaur shapes in the play dough.
Farm Animal Stamps
These farm animal stamps are just the right size for little learners who are working on increasing their fine motor skills, strength and precision. Use them to teach the names of the farm animals in a fun sensory way.
Wooden Bee Play Dough Stampers
Aren’t these little wooden bees adorable? Pair this play dough stamping activity with a story about bees, a garden sensory bin or some insect youtube videos.
Space Play Dough Tools
These wooden space play dough tools are the perfect tool to use with the space lover in your life. Teach space vocabulary while incorporating fun and educational sensory play into your child or students’ day. Pair with scented galaxy black sparkle play dough for even more sensory fun!
Patterned Wooden Play Dough Tools
The texture of these wooden play dough tools are so much fun. Have your child or students explore different textures by running their fingers over the ridges of the toys and by making different imprints in play dough. Guaranteed to provide hours of sensory fun!
Wooden Tools Set
I love this collection of wooden play dough tools. Give this set
Alphabet Wood Stampers
What better way to teach the alphabet than with these fun little wooden alphabet stampers? Build expressive language skills by asking your little learner to name each letter as he or she stamps. Build receptive language skills by asking your little learner “stamp E”, “stamp A”, etc. for each letter.
Montessori Play Dough Tools
This is collection of wooden Montessori play dough tools will allow your child or students to explore making different prints in play dough, cloud sand or moon sand.
More Learning Tools
More Autism Resources
- The Successful Interaction with a Child with Autism Course – learn to better understand your autistic child or students with this complete course.
- Autism Activities Workbook Bundle – build communication skills, fine motor skills, sensory play skills and daily living skills, while helping your child or students to successfully manage any difficult behaviors, with these fun, educational, printable activities.
- Sensory Communication Workbook – Build communication skills with simple sensory activities.
- How to Make a Communication Binder Guide & Workbook – Learn how to create a Communication Binder for your child or student with autism using real photos. Follow my expert guide to learn how to use it to increase communication skills.
- Zoo Animals Play Dough Mats Bundle – use these printable play dough mat to work on the names of the animals, build language skills, and increase fine motor strength and precision in a fun, sensory way!
Wooden Play Dough Tools
Do you have any other play dough toys or tools to add to this list? Let us know in the comments below!
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