Toddler Lesson Plan Template – Printable Week by Play

How it works

This toddler lesson plan template opens on a sideways week with Week of and Theme lines and seven rows: Story, Songs and rhymes, Art, Sensory play, Blocks and pretend play, Outdoors and New words.

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A toddler weekly lesson plan template, by kind of play

Press Print the lesson plan. Write the theme at the top and a few words in each box: the book, the song, what is set out. New words is the last row, for the words you will say all week.

A day, an activity, a month

The one-day sheet has six parts from Arrival play to Afternoon play. Activity cards print two to a page, and one sheet plans four weeks of themes, books and songs.

Half-day program? One week has four rows: Welcome song, Play choices, Story and Outdoors.
Note home about the toddler week tells families the theme, books, songs and new words.

Questions and answers

Is there a blank toddler lesson plan template?

Yes. Every sheet but the sample prints empty. One of them has five rows to name yourself, Monday to Friday across, and a column for what to set out ahead.

Is there a sample toddler lesson plan template?

Yes. The sample is a made-up week on farm animals that fills in the sheet of stories, songs and new words. It names kinds of book and song, not titles.

Is there a toddler lesson plan template PDF?

Yes. Pick a sheet, press the print button and save as PDF from the printer menu. Each sheet is saved as a file of its own.

Does any sheet print an age or a milestone?

No. No sheet prints an age, a milestone or what a toddler should be doing, and the page gives no advice on food, sleep, health or safety. It has no form for meals, naps or diapers.

All 9 sheets

A week 3

Half-day toddler week, four parts For a morning program: Monday to Friday across and four rows, Welcome song, Play choices, Story and Outdoors. A Teachers line sits beside Week of and Theme.
Toddler lesson plan, a week by kind of play A sideways page with Week of and Theme lines, Monday to Friday across and seven rows: Story, Songs and rhymes, Art, Sensory play, Blocks and pretend play, Outdoors and New words.
Toddler week of stories, songs and words Three tall rows, Story, Song or rhyme and New words, with a column for each day from Monday to Friday.

A day or one activity 2

Toddler activity cards, two to cut apart Two cards with a cut line between them. Each has Activity and Date lines and four boxes: What we will do, What to set out, Words to use, and What I saw.
Toddler plan for one day, six parts Rows named Arrival play, Circle and songs, Small group, Outdoors, Story and Afternoon play, with Activity, What to set out, and Words to say columns.

A month, your own rows, a note home 3

Blank toddler lesson plan, your own areas Five rows to name an area in, with Monday to Friday across and a last column for what to set out ahead of time.
Four weeks of toddler themes, books and songs Four rows with Week of, Theme, Books, Songs and New words columns, for planning a month at once.
Note home about the toddler week A note to send home: Week of and Theme lines, then Our theme, Books we read, Songs we sang, New words, and Coming up next week.

Filled-in sample 1

Sample: a farm week of stories, songs and words, filled in Sample. The sheet of stories, songs and words filled in for a made-up week on farm animals. It names kinds of book and song, not titles.