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Your first Sensory Play session: what to expect

Booking your first sensory play session? Here is who it is for, what to wear and how the morning flows. And the best part: we handle the mess.

Coming somewhere new with a small child raises the same questions every time: will it suit their age, what should we wear, and what will we be doing? Here are the answers, so you can arrive relaxed and ready to explore.

Who sessions are for

Our sensory play sessions welcome children from 7 months to 12 years. The same space leads to very different play: an infant might watch materials move and feel a gentle texture, a toddler will fill, pour and repeat, and older children invent stories and experiments of their own.

Infants aged 7 to 12 months join at 50% off. A younger baby accompanying an older sibling who is taking part joins free.

Children and caregivers explore foam, mud, water and painting stations across an outdoor Nurture Play garden session.

What to wear and bring

Wear something comfortable that can cope with a few splashes and marks, for children and grown-ups alike. A change of clothes for your child is a sensible extra, and grown-ups planning to join in might want one too. We provide all the play materials, so beyond that, bring your curiosity.

If your child has allergies, access needs or particular sensory preferences, tell us before the session. Materials change from one session to the next, and knowing in advance helps us prepare a space where your child can take part safely and comfortably.

Five children and a caregiver laugh and mix colourful foam, water and soft mud together in a wooden sensory tray.

How a session flows

Each session is a set of sensory and open-ended play invitations: textures to scoop and stir, water and foam, colour mixing, small-world play and room to move. Children move freely between the stations and return to their favourites as often as they like. There is no need to complete every one.

Caregivers stay close throughout, reassuring and sharing in the discoveries. If your child prefers to watch from your lap for a while first, that is a perfectly good way to take part. We never push a child to join in. Watching counts.

A child, caregiver and facilitator joyfully mix colourful foam, water and soft mud together in a garden sensory tray.

The mess is our problem

We prepare the space, provide the materials and handle the clean-up, so you can focus on being with your child. Expect a few splashes, expect a marvellous mess, and expect to leave it all behind when you go home.

New session dates are announced on Instagram first. Follow along, pick a date and come scoop, splash and explore with us.

Ready to play?

Join us for a sensory play session or a workshop — we prepare everything, you bring the curiosity.

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