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Alphabet theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A alphabet 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 alphabet week

A day of the alphabet theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “What sound does your name start with?” and sing “peter piper”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: name letters.
  4. Snack: Snail Roll-Ups.
  5. Outside: letter hunt.
  6. Read Pam Pins a Map, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter S picture page.

Alphabet circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What sound does your name start with?”
  4. Sing: Peter Piper.
  5. Read: Pam Pins a Map (level 0).

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

Alphabet theme books

  • Pam Pins a Map (level 0, free on peabody.kids): Short words with clear sounds.
  • Man, Pan, Map (level 0, free on peabody.kids): One sound changes, the word changes.
  • Sid Sat (level 0, free on peabody.kids): S, S, S: a sound to hear again and again.
  • Tim Taps (level 0, free on peabody.kids): T, T, T: tapping out a sound.

Alphabet craft: Name letters

You need (4): card, a grown-up writes the child's first name, stickers or dot markers, crayons.

  1. A grown-up writes your first name big.
  2. Put a sticker on each letter.
  3. Say the sound your name starts with.

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

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

Alphabet 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.

Alphabet snack

Snail Roll-Ups from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Thin pretzel sticks → gluten-free pretzel sticks.

Letter S activities

SsS is for sound. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

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

Outside activity: Letter hunt

Hide big paper letters around the yard. Find one, bring it back and say its sound.

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Checked 2026-10-30