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Winter theme for toddlers: a week of activities

A winter 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 winter week

A day of the winter theme with toddlers

  1. Arrival and free play on the floor.
  2. Sing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with actions; repeat it while you change and feed.
  3. Hold and pass something real for the week (snow), and say its name.
  4. Snack: a toddler-safe version of frozen yogurt bark (check the recipe's lines for under-4s).
  5. Outside: a short walk looking for ice.
  6. Read Dad Naps on laps, pointing and naming.
  7. Nap, then the song once more at pick-up.

Winter 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: Mary Had a Little Lamb.
  5. Read: Lou and the Snow Dad (read aloud).

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

Winter theme books

  • Lou and the Snow Dad (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: building a snow dad.
  • Pim and the Mitten (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: a lost mitten and the animals who find it.
  • Where Is Ned's Hat? (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: a hat lost on a cold day.
  • Dad Naps (level 0, free on peabody.kids): A cozy day inside, for the twos.

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

Winter craft: Cotton-ball snowman

You need (5): blue card, cotton balls, glue stick, a paper hat and scarf, crayons.

  1. Glue cotton balls in three circles, small on top.
  2. Glue on the hat and the scarf.
  3. Draw the face and the buttons.

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.

Winter song: Mary Had a Little Lamb

The words

Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, Which was against the rule; It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school.

Sarah Josepha Hale, 1830; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Winter snack

Frozen Yogurt Bark from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Yogurt → oat yogurt.

Letter W activities

WwW is for winter. 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: Melt race

Put an ice cube in the sun and one in the shade. Check after snack: which melted first?

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Checked 2026-10-30