Creative Ideas for Toddler Room Lesson Plan Themes for March National Parents Center

Creative Ideas for Toddler Room Lesson Plan Themes for March

October 4, 2010 – 12:34 am

Here are creative ideas for toddler lesson plans: themes for March. Some themes are suggested and can be used ‘as-is’ or customized to a toddler room curriculum.

Themes for March for Toddler Rooms

Toddler lesson plans and themes for March are fun to create. Winter is fading away, and spring is coming with promises of new life as animal babies are born, and flowers poke their sleepy heads through the ever-warming soil. Here are some suggested March themes for toddler rooms.

Overview

Lesson plans for a toddler room incorporate these five learning opportunities: circle time activities, hands-on art projects, guided learning, and music or songs. This provides a balanced approach to multi-sensory learning and engages toddler room learners no matter what their learning style may be. March is National Craft Month, so this is a perfect opportunity to focus on simple but interesting art creations – maybe even edible art.

Themes for March

These themes can stand-alone as a month-long unit, or several theme ideas can be combined to create lesson plans.

The Color Green
St. Patrick’s Day
Five Senses
Plants or flowers
Baby Animals
Weather, wind, rain, kites
The First Day of Spring

Center time activities in the toddler room are matched to the selected theme. For example, if the lesson theme is St. Patrick’s Day, center time activities could be playing with green modeling clay or counting green shamrock cut-outs. Create a pot of gold using a small pot filled with yellow modeling clay gold pieces. The children use it at the sand and water play table for pretend play of finding a pot of gold.

Games and Songs

Play “Leprechaun Tag” – Pin a leprechaun cut-out to the clothing of the child who is it.
Instead of playing “Hot Potato” play “Hot Shamrocks”.
Cut giant shamrocks out of green poster board. Place them on the floor in the toddler room and play in the style of “Musical Chairs”, taking away a shamrock each time the music stops.
Play “Duck, Duck, Goose” but instead of saying “Goose” when a child is tapped say “Leprechaun”.
Change the words to “Three Blind Mice” to three blind leprechauns. Lead the children around the toddler room while singing.
Play Irish songs like “When Irish Eyes are Smiling”. Toddlers love music and movement, so Irish songs are perfect for toddler room lesson plan themes for March. Search online to find a variety of free Irish songs.

March Crafts

Here are some ideas for simple craft projects for March to include in lesson plans:

Paper kites, flowers, leprechauns, shamrocks, or baby animals.
Edible art like shamrock cookies or baby animals, green gelatin blocks, or cupcake flowers.
Pictures of lambs or bunnies using cotton balls to simulate fur.
Finger painting with green paint.

Toddler Room Recommending Reading

Here are some fun books for toddler room lesson plan themes for March. Toddlers love stories and repetition, so be prepared to read a favorite story many times.

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

There are so many toddler lesson plans and themes for March that it is difficult to narrow down the choices to just a few. The good news is many of the same themes for March transition right into April, and give teachers a wide variety ideas for any toddler room.

Image Credits:

Public Domain Pictures/Shari Weinsheimer

Public Domain Pictures/Mandie Lancaster

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