Session Plan — First Words & Tales

Toddlers match a picture to its first word and say it in both languages.

• Question What is this? Say it your way — then we say it in both tongues.
• Challenge Can you find something that begins with "ba" — ball / كرة?

Toddlers draw three favourite things and name each in both tongues.

• Create Draw something you love, and tell me its name.
• Question Which is your favourite word today? Why?

Toddlers match a face to a feeling word and show it on their own face.

• Reflect Which face is you right now? What is its name?
• Discuss When do you feel happy? Let us say it in a sentence.

Toddlers match each feeling face to its word.

• Challenge Match the face to the feeling word — happy goes with…?
• Discuss When did you feel this one? Tell us a tiny bit.

Toddlers put three story pictures in order and retell the tale.

• Question Which one happens first? What comes next?
• Create Now tell the whole tiny tale to a friend.

Toddlers fix a jumbled three-picture tale and retell it.

• Question These pictures are all mixed up — which truly happens first?
• Create Now tell the fixed tale your own way.

Toddlers clap the beats of words and invent a playful rhyme.

• Movement Clap the beats of your name: Mu-ham-mad! How many claps?
• Create Make up two words that rhyme — cat / hat, نون / كون!

Toddlers clap the beats inside words and compare how many.

• Movement Clap the beats of "ba-na-na" — how many claps?
• Challenge Which word has more beats — cat or banana?

Toddlers match a picture to its first word and say it in both languages.

• Question What is this? Say it your way — then we say it in both tongues.
• Challenge Can you find something that begins with "ba" — ball / كرة?

Toddlers draw three favourite things and name each in both tongues.

• Create Draw something you love, and tell me its name.
• Question Which is your favourite word today? Why?

Toddlers match a face to a feeling word and show it on their own face.

• Reflect Which face is you right now? What is its name?
• Discuss When do you feel happy? Let us say it in a sentence.

Toddlers match each feeling face to its word.

• Challenge Match the face to the feeling word — happy goes with…?
• Discuss When did you feel this one? Tell us a tiny bit.

Toddlers put three story pictures in order and retell the tale.

• Question Which one happens first? What comes next?
• Create Now tell the whole tiny tale to a friend.

Toddlers fix a jumbled three-picture tale and retell it.

• Question These pictures are all mixed up — which truly happens first?
• Create Now tell the fixed tale your own way.

Toddlers clap the beats of words and invent a playful rhyme.

• Movement Clap the beats of your name: Mu-ham-mad! How many claps?
• Create Make up two words that rhyme — cat / hat, نون / كون!

Toddlers clap the beats inside words and compare how many.

• Movement Clap the beats of "ba-na-na" — how many claps?
• Challenge Which word has more beats — cat or banana?

Toddlers match a picture to its first word and say it in both languages.

• Question What is this? Say it your way — then we say it in both tongues.
• Challenge Can you find something that begins with "ba" — ball / كرة?

Toddlers draw three favourite things and name each in both tongues.

• Create Draw something you love, and tell me its name.
• Question Which is your favourite word today? Why?