Toddler Playschool: G is for Grocery Store lesson plan {free printable}

This week's theme is the grocery store.  Exciting, right? As moms, I think it's one of the places I dread the most. But it's also a place that Sunny LOVES to go to.  The shopping carts that have seats where the kids can "push" the cart and the free cookies have a lot to do with it, I'm sure.  But trips to the store can offer lots of learning experiences.  Below is what I put together to explore the letter G and toddler activities for the grocery store.

 

 

This curriculum is ideal for 2-3 year olds. We'll be reinforcing colors and shapes and introducing letters and numbers. There will also be exploration of different themes each week as we proceed through the alphabet. It provides a flexible framework of activity ideas that can used in the home or classroom. Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Please see here for more info.

Books

At the Supermarket by Anne Rockwell

Put it on the List by Kristen Darbyshire

Runaway Shopping Cart by Kathy Long

Shopping with Dad by Matt Harvey

Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney

 

Songs and Fingerplays

At the Store

(Old McDonald tune)

At the store, I like to buy apples every time

With a crunch-crunch here, and a crunch-crunch there

Here a crunch, there a crunch, everywhere a crunch-crunch

At the store, I like to buy apples every time

Repeat with the following:

Milk... gulp-gulp

Bread...chew-chew

Cookies... yum-yum

(add other foods that kids chose)

--Traditional, adapted by Andie Jaye

To Market, To Market

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig.
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.

To market, to market, to buy a fat hog.
Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

To market, to market, to buy a plum bun.
Home again, home again, market is done.
 

Literacy
G Page for Alphabet Book

Create a page for the alphabet book. Each page is blank except for the week's letter. Children can be provided with an open-ended activity to decorate the page of their book.  Or you can use the suggested activities to set up an activity to create the page. Once done, pages can be laminated and bound with spiral binding or rings. You can find a template for this book here. 

 

 

Click the link below to download 

 G is for Grocery Store: Toddler Lesson Plan printable here

 If you missed any of the other lesson plans in this series, you can find them here:

A is for Apples     B is for Bugs     C is for Community Helpers

D is for Down on the Farm     E is for Everything About Me
F is for Farm Animals     G is for Grocery Store     H is for Halloween
I is for In My Family     J is for Jungle Animals     K is for Kitchen Fun
L is for Leaves     M is for My 5 Senses     N is for Night Time
O is for Ocean Animals     P is for Pets     Q is for Queens and Castles
R is for Rainbows     S is for Space     T is for Teddy Bears
U is for Up and Under (Opposites)     V is for Valentine's and Love
W is for Weather     X is for X Marks the Spot (Pirates)
Y is for Yum! Food is Fun     Z is for Zoo Animals
 

 

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