The Top May Themes For Toddlers You Need In Your Lesson Plan
Hey girl, today let's chat about all the best May themes for toddlers that every daycare and preschool should be using.
It can be tough coming up with May themes for toddlers that are fun and keep them engaged and if you are anything like me, you search and search for just the right ones.
As a previous home daycare provider for 9 years and a mom of 4, I am here to help you out by giving you my May themes for toddlers that my kiddos have loved the most year after year.
You are going to learn about everything you need to include with each theme so your little ones can have a blast learning.
What this means is you don't have to do any research for these May themes!
Let's get into all the fantastic May themes for toddlers that you need in your curriculum.
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Best May Themes For Toddlers
Let me know in the comments which May themes your kids like the best!
Activities to Include In Every May Themes For Toddlers
Hi Mama! Yes, you are a mama to those daycare/preschool kids while they are in your care. And kudos to you for all the hard work you do. I am so proud of you.
As I said before, I am a previous home daycare provider so I know for a fact that all of these May themes for toddlers work in a daycare setting but can easily be adjusted to work in your preschool classroom too!
And you never know what fun facts you may learn along the way as well.
Reading
Now, friend, I am sure you are well aware that there are about a bazillion books for toddlers these days and we both know how important reading is. So, including reading with each theme that you do is a no-brainer!
I have included our top 5 favorite books to match each theme, 1 book for each weekday. If you are feeling more ambitious than that, there are so many more books you can include.
Please don’t feel that you have to buy all of these books, even though I think building your own library is important. Just buy the books that are the biggest hits with your kids.
A great place to help you with free books is your public library. Since I did daycare, we went to the library often!
Did I just see the word “FREE” run through your mind? Oh yeah, who doesn’t love free?
Use those resources, mama!
Songs
Toddlers love to get up a move about, so why not play learning songs to have them dance to?
You know those kids have ants in their pants, help them get them out.
Songs are such a blast that your kids won’t even realize they are learning and having fun at the same time.
Jump in there with them. Trust me, they are going to love it.
To get the dance party going, play the music through this Bluetooth speaker.
It sounds so much better and can be louder than on your phone.
I have some YouTube channels that we loved to explore for toddler songs.
Coloring
All toddlers need to work on their fine motor skills and building their hand strength. Coloring and writing help with all of these.
My go-to websites for theme-related printables include Google Images and Pinterest.
Don’t forget to check your stock of coloring supplies. Toddlers seem to go through them like candy.
I have tried so many different brands and Crayola is the best of the best. You get the most for your money when it comes to Crayola.
Don't forget about the paint either.
Oh, girl, I know it can be a hot mess to clean up but it is also a blast for your toddlers. Just let it happen!
Artwork
I wish I could say that I am super creative when it comes to making up amazing art projects to go with all these May theme ideas but I am just not.
Head on over to Pinterest, I love that place, and you can find some easy ones to match the theme you are covering.
I find that you don’t need directions for most projects but only have to look at them to figure things out. Not every toddler’s project is going to turn out just like the picture anyway.
Try to pick projects that include more than just coloring. Toddlers need to practice using scissors and glue also.
And the artwork projects that my kids always went bananas over were masks they could wear afterward.
Outside Fun
Yahoo for May and warmer weather!
I live where it is cold and snowy during the winter months. When I woke up today, the temp was -12°F with lots of snow on the ground. And don’t even get me started on the -25°F Wind Chill that went with it. I am just glad our furnace is running like a top.
Get your toddlers outside. They need fresh air and time to run around.
Use sidewalk chalk to have them write their name, how old they are, shapes, and beautiful pictures. They are practicing fine motor skills through play!
Go on a scavenger hunt walk through your neighborhood, if you can. Point out that numbers, letters, and shapes are in the world all around them.
May Themes For Toddlers
Weather
Songs
(The Kiboomers)
(The Singing Walrus)
(Super Simple Songs)
(The Kiboomers)
(The Learning Station)
Coloring
Type in “weather coloring pages” into Google images.
Since it is May, my favorites have clouds, umbrellas, and anything to do with spring weather on them.
Artwork
Have your toddlers stretch out cotton balls and then glue them to a piece of blue construction paper.
They can color on a smiling sun or raindrops to make their picture complete.
Outside
Bring a blanket or 2 outside and spread them out. Ask your toddlers to lay on them and tell you what shapes or objects they see in the clouds.
Numbers
Songs
(The Learning Station)
(Jack Hartmann)
(Kids ABCD)
(Pinkfong)
(Super Simple Songs)
Coloring
Draw bubble numbers and let your toddlers color them in or cover them with stickers.
Artwork
Using a white crayon, draw numbers on a piece of white paper and then let your toddlers paint the page with watercolors.
The numbers will magically appear
.
Outside
Teach your toddlers how to spot numbers all around them. Have them look at cars, houses, road signs, and more.
Mother's Day
Songs
(The Kiboomers)
(Jack Hartmann)
(The Kiboomers)
(The Kiboomers)
(The Kiboomers)
Coloring
Do a Mother’s Day interview with your toddlers and you fill in their answers. You can find a Mother’s Day printable on Google Images.
The answers that some kiddos give are hilarious.
Artwork
Help your kids trace their hands multiple times on different colored construction paper. Then you can cut them out, I know this may be hard for the kids, and glue green paper stems on them.
They will each have a bouquet to take home at the end of the day.
Outside
Teach your kids about flowers and their stages. Some of the flowers may be trying to push out of the ground while others may be up.
Letters
Songs
(Have Fun Teaching)
(Jack Hartmann – He has a song for each letter)
Are you sleeping monster alphabets?
(ZooZoo Song)
(Rock N Learn)
(English Tree TV)
Coloring
Check on Google Images and you will find all the letter pages you will ever need. You will be able to get individual letters or the whole alphabet.
Artwork
Pinterest has so many ideas for handprint ABCs. If your toddlers are anything like mine, they love putting their hands in paint.
Outside
I love this outdoor activity and older daycare kids can help with it.
Fill your driveway with letters using sidewalk chalk. If you have 5 daycare kids, make 5 A’s and 5 B’s and so on. You are going to want to space them out.
Call out a letter and have your kids stand on them when they find them.
Rainbows
Songs
(Little Baby Bum!)
(Jack Hartmann)
(Super Simple Songs)
(KidsTV123)
(The Singing Walrus)
Coloring
There are so many printable coloring sheets found on Google Images!
Artwork
Rip apart construction paper for all the colors of the rainbow, each piece about the size of a quarter. Then have your toddlers glue them to a rainbow on a different piece of construction paper.
Outside
Now, I realize that rainbows are hard to come by so try a different approach.
When you take your toddlers outside, play the I spy game with them.
You can also have them point out different colors around them.
Colors
Songs
(Jack Hartmann)
(The Learning Station)
(Super Simple Songs)
(The Singing Walrus)
(Jack Hartmann)
Coloring
Give your toddlers a blank piece of paper or 2. Let them get creative with free drawing. Encourage them to use lots of different colors!
Artwork
An art project that has lots of different colors is anything with rainbows.
Good news, kids love rainbows!
Outside
In May there are colors everywhere, especially with all the flowers blooming.
Ask your toddlers to point out all of the colors that they can find.
Shapes
Songs
(Kids TV)
(The Kiboomers)
(Pinkfong)
(Pinkfong)
(Jack Hartmann)
Coloring
Draw different shapes on blank paper and have your kiddos color them in. They could also take those shapes and create “shape monsters” by adding faces, hair, clothes, and more.
Artwork
Help your toddlers build shape houses.
Have a bunch of different shapes cut out ahead of time. Yes, this one does require some preplanning on your part.
Give your kiddos a blank piece of paper and let them create and glue the shapes on to make their own house.
Maybe have an example done so they can see what you mean.
Outside
Shapes are everywhere inside and out.
Call out a shape and have your kids find an example for you.
This post was all about the best May themes for toddlers.
What May theme for toddlers turned out to be the biggest hit? Let me know in the comment below.
I look forward to hearing from you and thanks for stopping by.