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Flower theme for toddlers: a week of activities

A flower 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 flower week

A day of the flower theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (flower), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of yogurt parfait (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for petal.
  6. Read Meg and the Seed on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Flower 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: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
  5. Read: Meg and the Seed (level 3).

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

Flower theme 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.

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

Flower 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.

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

Flower 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.

Flower snack

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

Swap: Yogurt → oat yogurt.

Letter F activities

FfF is for flower. 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: Flower count

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

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Checked 2026-10-30