Toddlers – School 2026

IntroductionHello Everybody by Miss Carole
Daily ReportMonth, Season, Weather
Weekly RhymeClap, Clap, Clap Your Hands
ASLBus
Color IdentificationStomp and Roar!
Give a stomp!
Give a roar!
What color glue is on the dinosaur!
Source: Adapted from The Mailbox
Book The Pigeon Has to Go to School by Mo Willems
Weekly RhymeThis is Big, Big, Big (Short Version)
Shape IdentificationMagic Bus: Shapes
Hold up each bus and place a flashlight behind the paper. Have the kids tell me what shape or color is in the window.

Source: Adapted from Glitter and Glue and Pre-K Too
Caregiver/Child ActivityBuild a Lunch Box
With their caregivers, kids choose what they want in their lunch box from each section.
ActivityBus STOP
(hand out rubber dots)

Have the kids treat the rubber dots like “steering wheels”. Have the kids drive around; when I yell stop, they freeze. Source:Kidssoup
Dance SongWheels on the Bus by The Kiboomers
Dance SongHop Little Bunnies by Lenny Pearce and Ms. Rachel
Closing SongsABC’s and Counting to 5
Goodbye songSkidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

Preschool Pretend and Play – School (2026)

IntroductionWelcome by Miss Carole
Daily ReportMonth, Day, Season, Weather
ASLBus
Book A Day Off From School by Oliver Jeffers
Animal Identification Rhyme5 Little Books
5 little books at the library,
Waiting for someone to take them to read.
1 little girl chooses a dragon book,
And checks it out.  

4 little books … 1 little boy chooses a tiger book…
3 little books … 1 little girl chooses a bear book…
2 little books … 1 little boy chooses an octopus book
1 little book …. 1 little girl takes the chicken book.  
Tweaked from source: More Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan
Book 
Weekly RhymeThis is Big, Big, Big (Long Version)
Group ActivityMagic Bus: Pigeons
Hold up each bus, place the flashlight behind the paper, and have the kids tell me how many pigeons they see.  
Adapted from Source: Glitter and Glue and Pre-K Too
Group ActivityUn-Build a Lunch Box
Place the lunchbox on the board. Have kids tell me if the item should remain in the lunchbox or be removed.  
Adapted from Source: Tiny Tech Thinkers
Caregiver/ChildBuild a Lunch Box
With their caregivers, kids choose what they want in each section of their lunchbox.
  Action Rhyme A Dot Will Do
A dot!
A dot!
A dot will do!
Any more than that is too much glue!
Source: Too Much Glue by Flashlight Press
Activity SongPigeon Says
Hand out rubber dots to the kids and have them pretend to dry.

Kids will drive their bus, but the Pigeon will to try and trick them. They can only stop driving when they hear the word “STOP!”

Can have hte kids do other actions. Faster. Slow Down, Honk, etc.
Dance Song Do Not Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Blackriver Kids
Closing SongsABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye songSkidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music