Session Plan — Sensory Sparks

18 Session · 6 Week · 25 min

Week 1

Session 1 — Touch & Tell BasketsIntroduce
The Texture Garden · Sensory exploration · 12m

Toddlers reach into baskets of safe textures and react.

  • Experiment Reach in — what does your hand find? Soft or hard?
  • Movement If it is soft, hug it! If it is hard, tap it!
Session 2 — Soft or Hard?Introduce
The Texture Garden · Sensory exploration · 10m

Toddlers sort everyday objects into a soft basket and a hard basket.

  • Challenge Feel this — does it go in the soft basket or the hard one?
  • Movement Hug the soft things; tap the hard things.
Session 3 — Sound SafariIntroduce
First Sounds: أ and A · Play-based · 10m

Hunt the room for objects starting with a target sound.

  • Challenge "Ahh" like Asad (lion) — can you find something that says "Ahh"?
  • Movement Roar the sound big, then whisper it small.

Week 2

Session 4 — Sound & PictureIntroduce
First Sounds: أ and A · Play-based · 10m

Toddlers match a first sound to a picture that begins with it.

  • Challenge "Ahh" — which picture begins with that sound?
  • Experiment Make the sound — can you feel it on your lips or in your throat?
Session 5 — Stepping StonesIntroduce
Pattern Path · Play-based · 10m

Walk a soft–hard–soft path and predict the next stone.

  • Question Soft, hard, soft... what comes next?
Session 6 — Colour TrainIntroduce
Pattern Path · Play-based · 10m

Toddlers continue a simple colour pattern, car by car.

  • Question Red, blue, red, blue… which colour comes next?
  • Create Build the longest colour train you can.

Week 3

Session 7 — The Pouring TrayIntroduce
I Can Do It Myself · Montessori practical life · 12m

A toddler pours and self-serves a snack, choosing for themselves.

  • Challenge Your turn — you pour the water. I will wait for you.
  • Question Apple or banana today? You choose.
Session 8 — Calm HandsIntroduce
I Can Do It Myself · Montessori practical life · 8m

Toddlers take a slow breath to steady their hands before a careful task.

  • Reflect Before we pour, let us breathe in slowly… and out.
  • Challenge Now your calm hands can carry the cup all by yourself.
Session 9 — Touch & Tell BasketsRevisit (spiral)
The Texture Garden · Sensory exploration · 12m

Toddlers reach into baskets of safe textures and react.

  • Experiment Reach in — what does your hand find? Soft or hard?
  • Movement If it is soft, hug it! If it is hard, tap it!

Week 4

Session 10 — Soft or Hard?Revisit (spiral)
The Texture Garden · Sensory exploration · 10m

Toddlers sort everyday objects into a soft basket and a hard basket.

  • Challenge Feel this — does it go in the soft basket or the hard one?
  • Movement Hug the soft things; tap the hard things.
Session 11 — Sound SafariRevisit (spiral)
First Sounds: أ and A · Play-based · 10m

Hunt the room for objects starting with a target sound.

  • Challenge "Ahh" like Asad (lion) — can you find something that says "Ahh"?
  • Movement Roar the sound big, then whisper it small.
Session 12 — Sound & PictureRevisit (spiral)
First Sounds: أ and A · Play-based · 10m

Toddlers match a first sound to a picture that begins with it.

  • Challenge "Ahh" — which picture begins with that sound?
  • Experiment Make the sound — can you feel it on your lips or in your throat?

Week 5

Session 13 — Stepping StonesRevisit (spiral)
Pattern Path · Play-based · 10m

Walk a soft–hard–soft path and predict the next stone.

  • Question Soft, hard, soft... what comes next?
Session 14 — Colour TrainRevisit (spiral)
Pattern Path · Play-based · 10m

Toddlers continue a simple colour pattern, car by car.

  • Question Red, blue, red, blue… which colour comes next?
  • Create Build the longest colour train you can.
Session 15 — The Pouring TrayRevisit (spiral)
I Can Do It Myself · Montessori practical life · 12m

A toddler pours and self-serves a snack, choosing for themselves.

  • Challenge Your turn — you pour the water. I will wait for you.
  • Question Apple or banana today? You choose.

Week 6

Session 16 — Calm HandsRevisit (spiral)
I Can Do It Myself · Montessori practical life · 8m

Toddlers take a slow breath to steady their hands before a careful task.

  • Reflect Before we pour, let us breathe in slowly… and out.
  • Challenge Now your calm hands can carry the cup all by yourself.
Session 17 — Touch & Tell BasketsRevisit (spiral)
The Texture Garden · Sensory exploration · 12m

Toddlers reach into baskets of safe textures and react.

  • Experiment Reach in — what does your hand find? Soft or hard?
  • Movement If it is soft, hug it! If it is hard, tap it!
Session 18 — Soft or Hard?Revisit (spiral)
The Texture Garden · Sensory exploration · 10m

Toddlers sort everyday objects into a soft basket and a hard basket.

  • Challenge Feel this — does it go in the soft basket or the hard one?
  • Movement Hug the soft things; tap the hard things.
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