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Bird theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A bird theme lesson plan for 2 year olds: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (about five minutes, standing up for the song), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.

Plan this week for 2 year oldsThe whole bird week

A day of the bird theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “What does a bird use to build a nest?” and sing “sing a song of sixpence”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: paper-bowl nest.
  4. Snack: Trail Mix Your Way.
  5. Outside: bird watch.
  6. Read A Nest on the Hill, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter N picture page.

Bird circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What does a bird use to build a nest?”
  4. Sing: Sing a Song of Sixpence.
  5. Read: A Nest on the Hill (level 2).

Twos: about five minutes; stand up for the song.

Bird theme books

  • A Nest on the Hill (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A nest, a hill and a kind act.
  • Big Egg (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: a very big egg and a surprise.
  • A Bath for the Birds (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: making a bird bath in the backyard.
  • Fox and the Hen (level 1, free on peabody.kids): A hen and her eggs, for the twos.

Bird craft: Paper-bowl nest

You need (4): paper bowl, brown paper strips or yarn, glue stick, three paper eggs.

  1. Glue strips all around the bowl.
  2. Put a little crumpled paper inside as the soft lining.
  3. Lay three paper eggs in your nest.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Twos: a grown-up pours the paint and holds the glue.

Bird song: Sing a Song of Sixpence

The words

Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Bird snack

Trail Mix Your Way from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Peanuts → sunflower seeds (no shells).

Letter N activities

NnN is for nest. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Twos: the picture page only; color it and say the word.

Outside activity: Bird watch

Sit still and quiet for one minute. How many birds can everyone see or hear?

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Checked 2026-10-30