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Flowers: a preschool theme week

Checked Oct 30, 2026 · Spring · April, May

One week on flowers for twos to fours: a five-line circle time, 3 books (2 free to read on Peabody), one craft with 5 materials, “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary” with its words, a snack from the Kitchen and the letter F.

Plan this weekPrint the two sheets

Circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What does a flower need to grow?”
  4. Sing: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
  5. Read: Meg and the Seed (level 3).

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

Books

  • Meg and the Seed (level 3, free on peabody.kids): From a seed to something growing.
  • The Red Hat (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Colors all around, for the color-and-petal talk.
  • The Bean in the Cup (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: a bean growing in a cup.

Craft: Cupcake-liner flower

You need (5): paper cupcake liners, green paper stem, card, glue stick, crayons.

  1. Glue the stem onto the card.
  2. Glue a liner on top as the flower.
  3. Draw the roots under the ground.

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

Song: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

The words

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row.

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

Snack

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

Swap: Yogurt → oat yogurt.

Letter pack

FfF is for flower. 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: Flower count

Walk and count the flowers you see. Smell one, look closely, and leave it growing.

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The books are Peabody's own open library, free with no sign-in. The song is public domain. The snack links to the Peabody Kitchen. Nothing here asks for a child's name.