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Wind and kites theme for toddlers: a week of activities

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A wind and kites 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 wind and kites week

A day of the wind and kites theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “Rock-a-Bye Baby” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (wind), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of fruit kabobs (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for kite.
  6. Read The Hat Cat on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Wind and kites 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: Rock-a-Bye Baby.
  5. Read: Fay and the Kite (read aloud).

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

Wind and kites theme books

  • Fay and the Kite (read aloud, level 4): A girl, a kite and a windy day, in short words.
  • Mia and the Kite (read aloud, level 6): Another kite story, to compare with Fay's.
  • The Stuck Kite (read aloud, level 5): A kite in a tree, and how the friends get it down.
  • The North Wind and the Sun (read aloud, level 8): A read-aloud fable: the wind and the sun try to take a coat off a traveler.
  • The Hat Cat (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Short words to follow: the wind takes the hat up, up, up, and down it comes.

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

Wind and kites craft: Streamer wand

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You need (4): a paper towel tube, crepe paper strips, tape, crayons.

  1. Color the tube.
  2. Tape crepe strips to one end.
  3. Take it outside and let the wind pull it.

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.

Wind and kites song: Rock-a-Bye Baby

The words

Rock-a-bye, baby, on the treetop, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all.

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

Wind and kites snack

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

Letter K activities

KkK is for kite. 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: Which way is the wind?

Hold up the streamer wands and look where they point. Walk that way, then turn and walk into the wind.

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Checked 2026-10-30