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Feelings theme for 3 and 4 year olds: a week of activities

A feelings 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.

Plan this week for 3 and 4 year oldsThe whole feelings week

A day of the feelings theme with 3 and 4 year olds

  1. Arrival, sign-in, and a job from the helper chart.
  2. Circle (ten to fifteen minutes): calendar, “What do you do when you feel sad?”, sing “little miss muffet”, then Mop Is Sad.
  3. Centers, with the craft at one table: feelings faces.
  4. Letter F: trace it once, then hunt for F around the room.
  5. Snack: Fruit Pizza, with children pouring and counting.
  6. Outside: feelings walk.
  7. Rest, then a longer read-aloud: Jem Is Mad.

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).

Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.

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.

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).

Threes and fours: trace F and f once, then find F in the room and in the book.

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