Weekly Curriculum Planning

Learning Area: Paper sensory activity Week of/Date Range: Colour Coding Legend (2​nd​ Semester+)
July 8- July 18 Physical​ (Red),​ Cognitive ​(Yellow),
Communication​ (Green), ​Emotional
(Blue), ​Social​ ​(Orange)
Observe and Record:
The children have shown great interest in a variety of sensory activities, from diaper jelly, to sand, to water play. I hope to build on this interest in
this activity.
Day of Week Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
Provocation
Provocation: Materials List: Materials List: Materials List:

The learning area will On this day I will introduce little For this day I add tissue For day 4 the materials will stay the
be set up in the sensory ‘treasures’ in the shredded paper and bits of shiny same.
Materials List bins at the back of the paper for the children to find. I gift wrap instead.
classroom, next to the will put in small plastic toy Engagement:
door and large animals, including sea animals Engagement:
windows. because of their interest in fish I will uncover the bins during free play
Engagement and sharks. I will show the children and allow the children to freely explore
Strategies Materials List: the new textures and them at their own pace. Through my
(I will engage Engagement: colors. observation I know that simply granting
the children I will fill the bins with access to an area is enough to gain
by…) shredded colorful I will act out that I’m finding a interest from this group of toddlers.
paper. The paper will toy in the bin, and​ use
be of ​varying thickness, exaggerated interest and
therefore the ‘softness’ surprise to get the children’s
or flexibility will also attention​. If they don’t realize
vary​. there are more animals for them
to find, I will encourage them to
Engagement: search for themselves.

These bins are usually

covered until it’s time
for sensory play. So to
introduce the children
 to the new items, I will
uncover the boxes and
fill them in front of
them. I feel like setting
up an activity in front
of the kids draws them
in more. I will then
encourage them to
explore the new
materials.
Reflection
They loved the new
materials and were
very ​engaged ​with the
materials, they
particularly enjoyed
throwing them on the
floor then putting them
back.

Week 2 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8

Provocation
Materials List: Materials List: Materials List: Materials List:

I will put in child safe I will keep the materials the I will put in toy food as I will add long pieces of colorful yarn and
toddler scissors in the same. treasures for them to plastic string to the bin.
Materials List bin to allow them to find and play with.
cut up the shredded Engagement: Engagement:
paper in the bins​. Engagement:
I will uncover the bins during I will add the new materials in front of
Engagement Engagement: free play and allow the children I will put in the food in the children and stay to monitor them
Strategies to freely explore them at their front of them and act for a little while to see how they react to
Because they may not own pace. out finding one to gain the yarn (and remove it if they chew it)
all have experience their interest.
with the scissors I will
demonstrate how to
use them, and help the
children
 hand-over-hand to get
the hang of it.

Reflection After some discussion After finding the food

my mentor and I they decided to ​pretend
decided not to put in to eat it and fill up
the scissors, she said baskets in the dramatic
from her experience play area with it.​ This
they find them hard to was not part of the plan
use and it might be but obviously it’s okay
more fun to just tear and it’s interesting to see
them with their hands. what the children come
up with when changing
your planned activity