Complete the Emotions Play Dough Task Box | Social Emotional Learning & Fine Mot

Bring emotions to life in a fun, hands-on way with this Complete the Emotions Play Dough Task Box! Perfect for special education, preschool, and early elementary classrooms, this resource helps students strengthen their social-emotional learning while also working on fine motor skills.

Students will use play dough to complete each facial expression, matching it to the emotion shown on the task card. They can also trace the emotion word underneath with a dry-erase marker for extra vocabulary practice.

What’s Included:

  • Task box cover
  • 8 play dough task cards (angry, confused, happy, sad, scared, shy, surprised, worried)

Skills Covered:

  • Identifying and recognizing emotions
  • Building emotional vocabulary
  • Developing fine motor strength through play dough use
  • Literacy practice by tracing/overwriting words

This resource is low-prep – simply print, cut, and laminate for durability, and you’ll have a reusable activity that your students will love. Great for morning tubs, calm-down corners, SEL lessons, centers, or independent work time.

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