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Rainbow theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A rainbow 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 rainbow week

A day of the rainbow theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “Where does rain come from?” and sing “doctor foster”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: paper-plate rainbow.
  4. Snack: Fruit Kabobs.
  5. Outside: puddle jump.
  6. Read Rain on the Hat, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter R picture page.

Rainbow circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “Where does rain come from?”
  4. Sing: Doctor Foster.
  5. Read: Rain on the Hat (level 3).

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

Rainbow theme books

  • Rain on the Hat (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Rain on a hat, in a pattern.
  • Pit, Pat (level 0, free on peabody.kids): The sound of rain for little ones to tap.
  • Kate and the Puddle (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: a puddle, some mud and a pig.
  • Ruby and the Rainy Picnic (read aloud, level 6): A read-aloud: a picnic that gets rained on.

Rainbow craft: Paper-plate rainbow

You need (4): half a paper plate, crayons in rainbow colors, cotton balls, glue stick.

  1. Color stripes across the plate: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
  2. Glue cotton-ball clouds on both ends.
  3. Say the colors in order.

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

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

Rainbow song: Doctor Foster

The words

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester In a shower of rain; He stepped in a puddle, Right up to his middle, And never went there again.

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

Rainbow snack

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

Letter R activities

RrR is for rain. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

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

Outside activity: Puddle jump

Chalk puddles (or use real ones in boots). Jump in, jump over, walk around.

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Checked 2026-10-30