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Alphabet theme for toddlers: a week of activities

A alphabet 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 alphabet week

A day of the alphabet theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “Peter Piper” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (letter), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of snail roll-ups (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for sound.
  6. Read Pam Pins a Map on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Alphabet 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: Peter Piper.
  5. Read: Pam Pins a Map (level 0).

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

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.

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

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.

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

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).

Infants and toddlers: skip the trace page; show the picture page 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