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Plant theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A plant 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 plant week

A day of the plant theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “What does a seed need to grow?” and sing “lavender's blue”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: bean in a cup.
  4. Snack: Chia Pudding.
  5. Outside: grow like a seed.
  6. Read Meg and the Seed, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter G picture page.

Plant circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What does a seed need to grow?”
  4. Sing: Lavender's Blue.
  5. Read: Meg and the Seed (level 3).

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

Plant theme books

  • Meg and the Seed (level 3, free on peabody.kids): A seed that takes its time.
  • The Bean in the Cup (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: the very thing the room is doing this week.
  • The Enormous Turnip (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: a turnip so big everyone pulls.
  • At the Farm (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Where things grow, in a pattern book.

Plant craft: Bean in a cup

You need (5): a clear cup, cotton balls or soil, a dried bean (grown-up holds it), water, a name sticker.

  1. Put the wet cotton or soil in the cup.
  2. A grown-up pushes the bean in against the side so you can see it.
  3. Water a little each day and watch for the root.

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

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

Plant song: Lavender's Blue

The words

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green; When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen.

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

Plant snack

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

Swap: Milk → oat milk.

Letter G activities

GgG is for grow. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

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

Outside activity: Grow like a seed

Curl up small as a seed; rain falls, the sun shines, and everyone grows slowly up tall.

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Checked 2026-10-30