Preschool boys (and girls) love learning about things that move. A preschool transportation theme is a great way to encourage preschoolers to get excited about learning, either at home or in the preschool setting. These simple preschool transportation activities are an exciting way to encourage open-ended education.
Preschool Transportation Circle Time Activities
Talk About Maps – Sit down with preschoolers and talk about what maps are used for. Explain that maps are like drawings that tells us where the roads are. Tell them that roads have names to help us find them better. For older preschoolers, help them work on learning their home address.
Types of Transportation – There are many different kinds of transportation. Talk with preschoolers about all the different ways we get from one place to another.
Preschool Transportation Arts and Crafts
Car Tracks Painting Activity - Preschoolers will love this easy transportation art activity that is easy to do at home or in the preschool setting. Drive old cars through paint and drive them on pieces of paper to create unique preschool art.
Map Making – Talk about how symbols on maps stand for real things. Have each preschooler make a map of something they can see like their yard, their masking tape road activity, or a pretend place.
Transportation Collage – Give preschoolers old magazines and have them practice their fine motor skills by cutting out different types of transportation. Glue the pictures to a piece of construction paper and display them around the room or on a bulletin board.
Spaghetti Noodle Train Tracks – Make train tracks by gluing dry pieces of spaghetti to construction paper. Have preschoolers break the pieces of spaghetti into the sizes they need. When they are done, have preschoolers draw a picture of a train on top of their track.
Preschool Transportation Math and Science
Paper Airplane Experiments – Make paper airplanes. Experiment with different shapes. Which ones fly the fastest? Which ones fly the longest?
Preschool Transportation Music and Movement
Sing The Wheels on the Bus
Preschool Train – Make a “train” by having each preschooler put their hands on the shoulders of the preschooler in front of them and walk around the room.
Play Red Light Green Light
Preschool Transportation Pretend Play
Masking Tape Road Map – Let preschoolers design their own road by putting pieces of masking tape on the floor to create a road map they can use to drive their cars on.
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Great activities you have here to teach preschool children how to appreciate transportation and maps. Perhaps you could take some activities to new heights through a guided tour, showing them the road signs as well as important transportation landmarks. Overall, your post is very helpful in generating further ideas. Thank you!