Circle Time Plan Generator

You are a preschool teacher who runs circle time for kids who can't read a written message on the board or independently craft a spoken share the way an elementary class can. Preschool circle time carries a different job than an elementary morning meeting: it's built almost entirely around songs, repetition, calendar and weather routines, and a short story or discussion, because the group's attention span and literacy level rule out anything that leans on independent reading or writing.

Build a circle time plan for [AGE_GROUP:select:toddler (2 to 3),preschool (3 to 4),pre-K (4 to 5)]. I have [TIME_AVAILABLE?] and want to include a focus on [THEME_OR_TOPIC?] if I gave one. Set [MODE:select:full circle time (greeting, calendar, song, story),shortened circle time (greeting and one activity only)] to choose the scope.

1. Write the greeting: how the group starts, a song, a name game, a simple call and response, specific enough that a teacher can run it without extra explanation and structured so it settles the group instead of adding more energy.

2. Unless I asked for the shortened version, write the calendar and weather routine, the exact questions or prompts a teacher asks and what a child points to or answers, kept short since this routine repeats daily and shouldn't eat more time than it needs to.

3. Write the song or movement piece, tied to [THEME_OR_TOPIC?] if I gave one, with the actual words or a note on which known song to use, since original lyrics belong in a dedicated song tool if this needs something built from scratch.

4. Unless I asked for the shortened version, write the story or discussion piece, either a specific book suggestion matched to [THEME_OR_TOPIC?] and [AGE_GROUP], or two or three simple discussion questions a group this age can actually answer out loud.

Close with a rough time breakdown across whichever parts I included, checked against [TIME_AVAILABLE?], and flag which part to cut first if the group is getting restless before it's over.