Back to School Play Dough Mats | School Supplies Fine Motor | OT SLP SPED Autism
Product Description
These School Supplies Play Dough Mats build fine motor skills AND language at the same time. Students identify the school supply, build it out of play dough, and talk about it using the discussion prompt at the bottom of each mat. No assembly — just print, laminate, and go. Includes 24 mats across 2 sets (colored for color matching + black-lined for free color choice).
✏️ Perfect for:
- Occupational Therapists (OTs) targeting hand strength, fine motor control, and bilateral coordination goals
- Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting vocabulary, function (feature/function/class), and expressive language goals
- Special Education teachers building back to school fine motor and vocabulary centers
- Autism classrooms working on fine motor, vocabulary, and functional language
- ABA therapists running discrete trial vocabulary and fine motor programs
- Early Childhood, Pre-K, and Kindergarten teachers
- ELL/ESL teachers building school supply vocabulary
- Homeschool families with young learners
🖍️ What's Included — 24 Mats Across 2 Sets:
- Colored Set — students match play dough colors to the mat
- Black-Lined Set — students choose their own play dough colors
"Let's Talk About It" School Supplies Mats:
Crayons, pencil, glue, scissors, glue stick, paints, crayon, notebook, paper, eraser, paintbrush, and ruler.
🎯 Skills Targeted:
Fine motor skills (rolling, pinching, squeezing play dough), hand strength, bilateral coordination, hand-eye coordination, school supply vocabulary, function / feature-function-class (how each supply is used), expressive and receptive language, color identification (colored set), following directions, sensory regulation (play dough is naturally calming), and small group discussion skills.
How to Use:
Print, laminate, and go — no assembly required. Students identify the school supply shown, build it out of play dough, and answer the discussion prompt at the bottom of each mat ("What do we use it for?"). Use the colored set for students matching play dough colors, or the black-lined set for students choosing their own colors. Intended for small group or 1:1 discussion, but also works in independent work stations and centers.
🎒 Ways to Use:
- Back to school and beginning-of-year units
- OT fine motor and hand strength sessions
- Speech therapy vocabulary and function (feature/function/class) sessions
- Fine motor centers and morning tubs
- Independent work systems (TEACCH)
- ABA discrete trial vocabulary and fine motor training
- Small group and 1:1 discussion activities
- Calm-down corner support (play dough is regulating)
- ESL/ELL school supply vocabulary lessons
For more back to school, hands-on activities, please see the link below:
