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Five Senses theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A five senses 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 five senses week

A day of the five senses theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “What can you hear right now if we are very quiet?” and sing “peter piper”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: touch board.
  4. Snack: Trail Mix Your Way.
  5. Outside: listening walk.
  6. Read I See a Boy, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter E picture page.

Five Senses circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What can you hear right now if we are very quiet?”
  4. Sing: Peter Piper.
  5. Read: I See a Boy (level 3).

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

Five Senses theme books

  • I See a Boy (level 3, free on peabody.kids): I see… a book about looking.
  • Tim Taps (level 0, free on peabody.kids): Tapping and listening: the sense of hearing.
  • Sip, Sip, Sip (level 0, free on peabody.kids): Tasting and sipping, for the snack-time talk.
  • Pat, Pat, Pat (level 0, free on peabody.kids): Touch, in small kind pats.

Five Senses craft: Touch board

You need (6): card, glue stick, cotton ball, sandpaper scrap, foil scrap, fabric scrap.

  1. Glue the four scraps onto the card.
  2. Touch each one with eyes closed.
  3. Say a word for each: soft, rough, smooth, bumpy.

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

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

Five Senses song: Peter Piper

The words

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

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

Five Senses snack

Trail Mix Your Way from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Peanuts → sunflower seeds (no shells).

Letter E activities

EeE is for ear. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

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

Outside activity: Listening walk

Walk quietly and stop three times. What can everyone hear? A bird, a car, the wind?

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Checked 2026-10-30