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

A five senses 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 five senses week

A day of the five senses 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 can you hear right now if we are very quiet?”, sing “peter piper”, then I See a Boy.
  3. Centers, with the craft at one table: touch board.
  4. Letter E: trace it once, then hunt for E around the room.
  5. Snack: Trail Mix Your Way, with children pouring and counting.
  6. Outside: listening walk.
  7. Rest, then a longer read-aloud.

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).

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

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.

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).

Threes and fours: trace E and e once, then find E in the room and in the book.

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