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Construction theme for toddlers: a week of activities

A construction 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 construction week

A day of the construction theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “London Bridge Is Falling Down” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (build), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of hamburger cookies (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for block.
  6. Read Ben and the Blocks on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Construction 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: London Bridge Is Falling Down.
  5. Read: Ben and the Blocks (level 3).

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

Construction theme books

  • Ben and the Blocks (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Building with blocks on a rainy day.
  • The Big Truck (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A truck and a team.
  • Rat's Hut (level 1, free on peabody.kids): A rat and a hut, for building homes.
  • The Three Little Pigs (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: three houses built three ways.

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

Construction craft: Box building

You need (4): small boxes, tape, crayons, paper windows.

  1. Tape boxes together into a building.
  2. Glue or tape on windows.
  3. Give your building a name: a house, a shop, a tower.

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.

Construction song: London Bridge Is Falling Down

The words

London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady. Build it up with wood and clay, Wood and clay, wood and clay. Build it up with wood and clay, My fair lady.

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

Construction snack

Hamburger Cookies from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Letter T activities

TtT is for tools. 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: Big builders

Build a ramp from boards or cardboard and roll balls and trucks down it. Make it steeper, then flatter.

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Checked 2026-10-30