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

A alphabet 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 alphabet week

A day of the alphabet 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 sound does your name start with?”, sing “peter piper”, then Pam Pins a Map.
  3. Centers, with the craft at one table: name letters.
  4. Letter S: trace it once, then hunt for S around the room.
  5. Snack: Snail Roll-Ups, with children pouring and counting.
  6. Outside: letter hunt.
  7. Rest, then a longer read-aloud.

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).

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

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.

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).

Threes and fours: trace S and s once, then find S in the room and in the book.

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