Play-Doh is something we get out quite often in this house. Its one of those activities that really helps ground our son when he is struggling to regulate for a variety of reasons.

The funny thing is though is that he doesn’t play with it in the way you might expect.

We recently purchased a 100 piece Play-Doh set that we found in TkMaxx and he was overjoyed, not because he wanted to start making shapes or creations because he could wait to start sorting!

He gets all the tubs out on our dining table and colour sorts them. Who knew there were so many different shades of Play-Doh? Some of the colours are so similar that you have to look really closely to spot the differences and he absolutely loves organising them and noticing the subtle variations.

Every now and then he will make something with the Play-Doh itself, generally a numberblock or a number, but most of the time he is sorting, organising and arranging it in different ways.

This really is a lovely reminder that toys do not always have to be used the way they were originally intended. Sometimes we can find our own way to enjoy them and that is perfectly ok!

Interestingly, sensory dough is a completely different story in our house and is a firm favourite for different reasons, I’ll be writing a post about that soon, and once its published i will link it here.

Lou. x