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Music theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A music 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 music week

A day of the music theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “What sounds can you make with your body?” and sing “old king cole”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: shaker.
  4. Snack: Fruit Kabobs.
  5. Outside: room band parade.
  6. Read Tim Taps, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter M picture page.

Music circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What sounds can you make with your body?”
  4. Sing: Old King Cole.
  5. Read: Tim Taps (level 0).

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

Music theme books

  • Tim Taps (level 0, free on peabody.kids): Tapping out a beat.
  • Ring the Bell (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A bell and a friend at the door.
  • Pit, Pat (level 0, free on peabody.kids): The beat of rain, to tap along.
  • Rain on the Hat (level 3, free on peabody.kids): A pattern you can drum.

Music craft: Shaker

You need (4): a small bottle with a lid, dry rice or pasta, tape, stickers.

  1. Pour a little rice in the bottle (a grown-up helps).
  2. A grown-up closes it and tapes the lid shut.
  3. Decorate it and shake it loud, then soft.

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

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

Music song: Old King Cole

The words

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.

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

Music snack

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

Letter M activities

MmM is for music. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

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

Outside activity: Room band parade

March with shakers and pots: play loud for big steps, soft for tiptoes, stop when the leader stops.

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Checked 2026-10-30