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Feelings theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A feelings 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 feelings week

A day of the feelings theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “What do you do when you feel sad?” and sing “little miss muffet”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: feelings faces.
  4. Snack: Fruit Pizza.
  5. Outside: feelings walk.
  6. Read Mop Is Sad, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter F picture page.

Feelings circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What do you do when you feel sad?”
  4. Sing: Little Miss Muffet.
  5. Read: Mop Is Sad (level 3).

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

Feelings theme books

  • Mop Is Sad (level 3, free on peabody.kids): A puppy who is sad while waiting.
  • Did It (level 0, free on peabody.kids): The proud feeling of doing something.
  • Jem Is Mad (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: a pug who is mad, and what helps.
  • A Boo for Bea (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: making a baby laugh.

Feelings craft: Feelings faces

You need (4): four paper plates or circles, crayons, a craft stick, tape.

  1. Draw a happy, a sad, a mad and a scared face.
  2. Tape one to a craft stick.
  3. Hold up the face that matches how you feel.

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

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

Feelings song: Little Miss Muffet

The words

Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; Along came a spider, Who sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away.

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

Feelings snack

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

Letter F activities

FfF is for feelings. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

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

Outside activity: Feelings walk

Walk like you are happy (bouncy), sad (slow), mad (stompy), then calm (slow breaths).

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Checked 2026-10-30