Teach toddlers about the wonders of their own hands. During circle time, ask your toddler class to hold up and wave their hands. Count each child's fingers. Encourage the class to count along with you. Tell them that hands are for waving, touching and holding, but never for hitting or hurting. Teach them to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It" during music time. Suit-up toddlers in paint smocks and let them use their hands to finger paint during art time.
Follow a theme about hands with one that celebrates feet. Talk at circle time about how we walk, run and jump on our feet each day. Point to everyone's shoes. Talk about the way shoes protect our feet from getting hurt. Obtain "The Foot Book," by Dr. Seuss from your local library to read to your class. Encourage your toddlers to get up on their feet to dance at music time. For art, enlist the help of another adult to assist you in painting the bottoms of each child's feet--- t tickles, so prepare for giggles---then help the children walk across a paper to leave footprints. Use baby wipes to clean feet and paper towels to dry them before replacing shoes and socks.
Teach a lesson about the circle shape to your toddler class. Go on a circle hunt around your classroom to find things that are round or shaped like a circle. When you find a circular object, teach the children to say "I spy a circle." Return to your group instruction area to teach the children to hold up one finger and move it in the shape of a wide circle to "draw" one in the air.
Cut out construction paper circles. Let the children use crayons or washable markers to decorate 3 to 6-inch diameter paper circles. Then help each child use a glue stick to attach the colored circles to a 10-inch diameter paper circle.