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Camping theme for toddlers: a week of activities

A camping 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 camping week

A day of the camping theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “All Through the Night” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (tent), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of no-bake s'mores (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for camp.
  6. Read Not Yet, Ted on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Camping 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: All Through the Night.
  5. Read: Not Yet, Ted (level 3).

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

Camping theme books

  • Not Yet, Ted (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Bedtime, for the night-outside talk.
  • Go, Go, Go (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: going places.
  • The Little Lantern (read aloud, level 6): A read-aloud: a small light at night.
  • The Moon Follows Me (read aloud, level 6): A read-aloud: the moon over the road.

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

Camping craft: Paper tent

You need (4): a card folded in half, crayons, a paper flap door, glue stick.

  1. Stand the folded card up as a tent.
  2. Color it and glue on the door.
  3. Draw who is sleeping inside.

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.

Camping song: All Through the Night

The words

Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee All through the night; Guardian angels God will send thee All through the night. Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, Hill and vale in slumber steeping, I my loving vigil keeping All through the night.

Welsh air, English words by Harold Boulton, 1884; public domain. From Top 20 lullabies with lyrics.

Camping snack

No-Bake S'mores from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Graham crackers → gluten-free graham-style crackers.

Letter C activities

CcC is for camp. 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: Blanket camp

Drape a blanket over a table or a rope as a tent. Take turns inside with a flashlight and a book.

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Checked 2026-10-30