Preschool and daycare
The week, planned in a minute and printed for the door. For preschool teachers, family child care providers and daycare rooms. Free, no sign-in, and nothing you type leaves your device.
This week
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circle · 4 books · craft · song · snack · letter A · outside
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Themes by season
Fall
Winter
Spring
- BugsLetter B · Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Birds and nestsLetter N · Sing a Song of Sixpence
- Frogs and pondsLetter F · Jack Be Nimble
- ButterfliesLetter B · Ring Around the Rosie
- FlowersLetter F · Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
- Seeds and growingLetter G · Lavender's Blue
- Rain and rainbowsLetter R · Doctor Foster
- SpringLetter S · Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
- Rocks and dirtLetter R · Humpty Dumpty
Summer
Any time of year
- ColorsLetter C · Lavender's Blue
- ShapesLetter S · Hot Cross Buns
- WeatherLetter W · Rain, Rain, Go Away
- Five sensesLetter E · Peter Piper
- Community helpersLetter H · The Muffin Man
- DinosaursLetter D · Hickory Dickory Dock
- TransportationLetter T · Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- SpaceLetter S · Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- PetsLetter P · Three Little Kittens
- Nursery rhymesLetter R · Humpty Dumpty
- Fairy talesLetter F · The Queen of Hearts
- Friends and kindnessLetter K · Pat-a-Cake
- FeelingsLetter F · Little Miss Muffet
- FamiliesLetter F · Hush, Little Baby
- My bodyLetter B · This Little Piggy
- Food and cookingLetter C · Old Mother Hubbard
- Construction and toolsLetter T · London Bridge Is Falling Down
- Music and instrumentsLetter M · Old King Cole
- Mixing colorsLetter C · Little Boy Blue
- CountingLetter N · One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- Letters and soundsLetter S · Peter Piper
- OppositesLetter O · The Grand Old Duke of York
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Guides
- How to plan a theme week in ten minutes
- Circle time for twos, threes and fours
- Picking books for a theme
- Songs you can print and sing without a license
- The sign-in sheet: the usual fields, and where your state's rules are
- A newsletter families actually read
- Crafts with six materials or fewer
- Snack time with the Kitchen
- The letter of the week, without a worksheet pile
- Running a mixed-age room on one theme
- Transitions: songs and signals
- The daily report slip: what to write in 20 seconds
- Name tags, cubbies and the first week
- A year of themes, by season
For families
The newsletter and the daily slip are what a parent is handed at pickup. What comes home from a theme week.
Asked by providers
Can I print the song words and send them home?
Yes. Every song in the planner is a traditional rhyme or one old enough to be in the public domain, from Peabody's rhyme lists, which name where each comes from. Copyrighted songs are never printed here.
What has to be on a sign-in sheet?
Your state's child care licensing rules decide that, and how long you keep the sheets. Most sheets have the child's name, the time in and out, and the grown-up's signature each way. The sign-in sheet links to the official place to look your state up.
Are the books really free?
Yes. The books are Peabody's own stories, free to read at peabody.kids on a phone, tablet or projector, with no sign-in and no ads. A few longer ones are marked for you to read aloud.
Why is there no medicine line on the daily slip?
A medication log is your program's own licensed form, with its own rules. The slip says “Medication: see our log” so a parent knows where to look.
Does anything I type get sent anywhere?
No. Plans, notes, the room's name and the roster stay in your browser. A share link holds only the theme, the week and which newsletter blocks are on.
My room has babies and four-year-olds. Does a theme still work?
Pick “Mixed ages” in the planner. Each part then says who does what: everyone sings, the twos do the craft with help, the fours do the letter page.
Why are there no holiday themes?
So that every room can use every week. Late November is “Thankful” (gratitude, harvest and sharing), and December is bears, snow and gingerbread.
Can I use these for family child care at my kitchen table?
That is who they are made for. Every sheet prints on a home printer in black and white, and the craft lists stay at six things or fewer.
Nothing on these pages is for a child's screen. For children's own learning games, see preschool learning games on peabody.kids.
Nothing you do here is sent to us. Plans, rosters and notes are kept in this browser. No sign-in, no ads.