Lesson Plan
Session 1 Lesson Plan
Students will independently explore and build 3D shapes with play dough, using open-ended prompts and scaffolded questions to guide discovery of faces, edges, and vertices.
Child-led exploration promotes ownership, creativity, and deeper spatial reasoning as students test ideas, ask questions, and articulate geometric concepts in their own words.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Prepare Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Opening Prompt
5 minutes
Step 2
Exploration Time
15 minutes
Step 3
Peer Sharing
5 minutes
Step 4
Reflection & Clean-Up
5 minutes
Slide Deck
Session 1: Exploring 3D Shapes
Today’s Objective
Materials You’ll Need
Getting Started
Child-Led Exploration
Peer Sharing
Reflection & Clean-Up
Lesson Plan
Session 2 Lesson Plan
Students will mix primary colored play dough (red, yellow, blue) to create secondary colors (orange, green, purple), strengthening fine motor skills and understanding of color theory.
Exploring color mixing with play dough fosters creativity, reinforces primary/secondary color concepts, and enhances hand-eye coordination through hands-on blending activities.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Gather and Prep Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction to Color Mixing
5 minutes
Step 2
Demonstration
10 minutes
Step 3
Student Experimentation
10 minutes
Step 4
Sharing and Clean-Up
5 minutes
Slide Deck
Welcome to Color Mixing Fun!
Today’s Objective
Materials You’ll Need
Introduction to Color Mixing
Demonstration
Your Turn: Student Experimentation
Sharing & Clean-Up
Worksheet
Lesson Plan
Session 3 Lesson Plan
Students will explore and create different play dough textures—smooth, rough, and patterned—to develop sensory awareness, fine motor skills, and texture vocabulary.
Hands-on texture exploration supports sensory integration, strengthens hand muscles, and builds descriptive language as students learn to differentiate and reproduce tactile patterns.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Gather and Prep Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction to Textures
5 minutes
Step 2
Demonstration
10 minutes
Step 3
Student Exploration
10 minutes
Step 4
Sharing and Clean-Up
5 minutes
Slide Deck
Welcome to Texture Exploration!
Today’s Objective
Materials You’ll Need
Introduction to Textures
Demonstration
Your Turn: Student Exploration
Sharing & Clean-Up
Worksheet
Lesson Plan
Session 4 Lesson Plan
Students will combine shapes, colors, and textures learned previously to create a play dough sculpture that tells a story, fostering creativity and narrative skills.
This capstone activity encourages students to integrate fine motor and sensory skills while developing storytelling and expressive language, reinforcing learning from prior sessions.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Gather and Prep Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction to Storytelling Sculptures
5 minutes
Step 2
Planning and Sketching
5 minutes
Step 3
Sculpture Creation
15 minutes
Step 4
Story Sharing and Clean-Up
5 minutes
Slide Deck
Welcome to Story Sculptures!
Today’s Objective
Materials You’ll Need
Introduction to Story Sculptures
Planning & Sketching
Your Turn: Sculpture Creation
Story Sharing & Clean-Up
Worksheet
Worksheet
