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Bird theme for toddlers: a week of activities

A bird theme lesson plan for toddlers: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (two or three minutes, on laps), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.

Plan this week for toddlersThe whole bird week

A day of the bird theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “Sing a Song of Sixpence” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (bird), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of trail mix your way (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for nest.
  6. Read A Nest on the Hill on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Bird circle time

  1. Hello song: sing hello to each child by name.
  2. Look out of the window together: sun, rain or clouds?
  3. Show the theme: hold up something real and name it.
  4. Sing: Sing a Song of Sixpence.
  5. Read: A Nest on the Hill (level 2).

Infants and toddlers: two or three minutes, on laps.

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.

Infants and toddlers: one book, read every day; point and name.

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.

Infants and toddlers: let them touch and hold the materials while you make it; nothing small enough to swallow.

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).

Infants and toddlers: skip the trace page; show the picture page 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