Fairy Tale theme for 3 and 4 year olds: a week of activities
A fairy tale theme lesson plan for 3 and 4 year olds: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (ten to fifteen minutes, with a child holding the book), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.
A day of the fairy tale theme with 3 and 4 year olds
- Arrival, sign-in, and a job from the helper chart.
- Circle (ten to fifteen minutes): calendar, “Which house would you build, straw, sticks or bricks?”, sing “the queen of hearts”, then Ten Pigs.
- Centers, with the craft at one table: three-houses card.
- Letter F: trace it once, then hunt for F around the room.
- Snack: Overnight Oats, with children pouring and counting.
- Outside: huff and puff.
- Rest, then a longer read-aloud: The Three Little Pigs.
Fairy Tale circle time
- Good morning song, then say each name together.
- Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
- Ask: “Which house would you build, straw, sticks or bricks?”
- Sing: The Queen of Hearts.
- Read: Ten Pigs (level 1).
Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.
Fairy Tale theme books
- Ten Pigs (level 1, free on peabody.kids): Pigs to count before the three pigs tale.
- The Three Little Pigs (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: straw, sticks and bricks.
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: too hot, too cold, just right.
- The Little Red Hen (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: who will help?
Fairy Tale craft: Three-houses card
You need (5): card, straw-colored paper strips, craft sticks, red paper bricks, glue stick.
- Glue straw strips for the first house.
- Glue craft sticks for the second.
- Glue bricks for the third: which one stands?
With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.
Fairy Tale song: The Queen of Hearts
The words
The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them clean away.
Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.
Fairy Tale snack
Overnight Oats from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.
Swap: Milk → oat milk; Yogurt → oat yogurt.
Letter F activities
FfF is for fairy tale. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).
Threes and fours: trace F and f once, then find F in the room and in the book.
Outside activity: Huff and puff
Build a block tower; take turns huffing and puffing. Whose tower stands?
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Checked 2026-10-30