Summer: a preschool theme week
Checked Oct 30, 2026 · Summer · June
One week on summer for twos to fours: a five-line circle time, 4 books (2 free to read on Peabody), one craft with 4 materials, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” with its words, a snack from the Kitchen and the letter S.
Circle time
- Good morning song, then say each name together.
- Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
- Ask: “How do we stay cool when it is hot?”
- Sing: Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
- Read: Kip and the Crab (level 3).
Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.
Books
- Kip and the Crab (level 3, free on peabody.kids): A summer day at the beach.
- Fish in a Dish (level 2, free on peabody.kids): Water and something kind.
- The Sun Is a Star (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: true facts about the sun.
- Tom and the Big Fish (read aloud, level 6): A read-aloud: a silly fishing day.
Craft: Paper-plate sun
You need (4): paper plate, yellow paint or crayon, yellow and orange paper strips, glue stick.
- Color the plate yellow.
- Glue strips all round as the rays.
- Draw a face on your sun.
With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.
Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
The words
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.
Snack
Ice Cream in a Bag from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.
Letter pack
SsS is for sun. 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: Shade or sun
Call "Sun!" and everyone runs into the sunny part; call "Shade!" and everyone runs to the shade.
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The books are Peabody's own open library, free with no sign-in. The song is public domain. The snack links to the Peabody Kitchen. Nothing here asks for a child's name.