Toddlers lesson plans for August: splash and shade
A week of play for toddlers (12 to 36 months) in August: one sensory or play idea a day, a song, a book and outside time, Monday to Friday in the room and two days for families at home. One page to print.
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Monday
Play: Paint with water: a bucket of water and big brushes to 'paint' the fence.
Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Outside: Chase the hose's spray (a grown-up holds it).
Tuesday
Play: Pour and fill: cups and a big tub of water at the water table, with a grown-up there.
Song: Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Outside: Fill buckets and pour them on the grass.
Wednesday
Play: Wash the dolls: a tub of soapy water, a sponge and the plastic dolls.
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Outside: Chase the hose's spray (a grown-up holds it).
Thursday
Play: Ice in a tray: big ice blocks to push and watch melt (a grown-up stays close).
Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Outside: Fill buckets and pour them on the grass.
Friday
Play: Sun and shade: walk from the sun to the shade; which feels cooler?
Song: Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Outside: Chase the hose's spray (a grown-up holds it).
Saturday (at home)
Play: Sponge squeeze: soak a big sponge in the bath and squeeze it out.
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Outside: Fill buckets and pour them on the grass.
Sunday (at home)
Play: Sprinkler hop: hop in and out of the garden sprinkler.
Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Outside: Chase the hose's spray (a grown-up holds it).
Books for the week
The words to “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” (Traditional)
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
The words to “Rub-a-Dub-Dub” (Traditional)
Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub, And who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, The candlestick-maker; Turn them out, knaves all three!
The words to “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” (Jane Taylor (words), French folk tune)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday (at home) | Sunday (at home) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play | Paint with water: a bucket of water and big brushes to 'paint' the fence. | Pour and fill: cups and a big tub of water at the water table, with a grown-up there. | Wash the dolls: a tub of soapy water, a sponge and the plastic dolls. | Ice in a tray: big ice blocks to push and watch melt (a grown-up stays close). | Sun and shade: walk from the sun to the shade; which feels cooler? | Sponge squeeze: soak a big sponge in the bath and squeeze it out. | Sprinkler hop: hop in and out of the garden sprinkler. |
| Song | Row, Row, Row Your Boat | Rub-a-Dub-Dub | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star | Row, Row, Row Your Boat | Rub-a-Dub-Dub | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star | Row, Row, Row Your Boat |
| Book | Kip and the Crab | Chip and the Shell | Fish in a Dish | Under the Sea | Kip and the Crab | Chip and the Shell | Fish in a Dish |
| Outside | Chase the hose's spray (a grown-up holds it). | Fill buckets and pour them on the grass. | Chase the hose's spray (a grown-up holds it). | Fill buckets and pour them on the grass. | Chase the hose's spray (a grown-up holds it). | Fill buckets and pour them on the grass. | Chase the hose's spray (a grown-up holds it). |
Follow each child's own rhythm: babies eat and sleep when they need to. Nothing small enough to fit in a mouth; a grown-up's hand on any water. Saturday and Sunday are for families at home.
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