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Feelings theme for toddlers: a week of activities

A feelings 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 feelings week

A day of the feelings theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “Little Miss Muffet” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (happy), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of fruit pizza (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for sad.
  6. Read Mop Is Sad on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Feelings 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: Little Miss Muffet.
  5. Read: Mop Is Sad (level 3).

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

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.

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

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.

Infants and toddlers: let them touch and hold the materials while you make it; nothing small enough to swallow.

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).

Infants and toddlers: skip the trace page; show the picture page 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