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Transportation Preschool Activities that will make your lesson planning simple! This transportation PreK lesson plan spans 5 days of hands-on activities. Packed with everything you need for a transportation themed unit with activities including: Build a car, airplane cloud shape sensory bin, transportation math centers, fine motor activities and more!
Perfect for preschool classrooms, homeschool teaching, and childcare settings, this Transportation Themed Printable Activity Pack takes the stress out of prepping new activities!
With easy-to-follow instructions, these printable resources have everything you need to effortlessly integrate these centers into your lessons.
Focuses For The Week:
- Letter: Review
- Color: Review
- Shape: Review
- Numbers: 1-12
Daily Break Down:
⭐ Day 1:
- Cut and Paste Transportation: Work on early scissor skills by allowing students to cut and paste vehicles to the correct transportation mat. Included is a land, water and air craft mat each with 15 vehicles to cut and paste. BW and color options provided for this craft.
- Vehicles You've Experienced: This no prep center is great to get children to connect with what they have experienced in the real world. Choose from land, water or things that go craft pages for students color the vehicles they have experienced.
⭐ Day 2:
- Build a Car: This open ended center allows students to show creativity while building their own car. Allow students to cut out each item to glue the craft page to build a car, or laminate and cut them out yourself for a reusable activity. BW and color options have been provided.
- Make It! Road Letters: Set up a tray with washable paint and a toy car and allow children to paint each letter! This activity includes upper and lowercase letters A-Z. BW and color options have been provided.
⭐ Day 3:
- Count It! Vehicles: This hands on math center allows students to count and sort different types of vehicles.
- Build It! Trains: Children can use counting cube to recreate the patterns on the Build It! cards to build their own train. 21 train cards included.
⭐ Day 4:
- Cloud Shapes: Set up a sensory bin with a filler of your choice and add in the cloud shape cards. Students can pick a cloud shape card and trace it on the sheet. BW and color options have been provided for the tracing sheet. Shapes focused on: circle, square, heart, oval, pentagon, rectangle.
- Airplane Numbers: Turn a marker into an airplane! Students can "fly" through the mat and circle the correct numbers without lifting the marker. Numbers 1-10 included. BW and color included.
⭐ Day 5:
- Build a Boat: Students can us pattern blocks to create each boat on the mat. Then they can mark or count how many of each shape was used and record it on the bottom. Boats included: Cruise ship, cargo ship, boar, jet ski, steamboat, yacht, sailboat, and canoe.
- Build It!: Set up a fine motor center with counting blocks and these transportation mats! Mats included: truck, semi truck, submarine, train, ship, rocket, motorcycle, and helicopter
⭐ Included For Each Day:
- Book recommendation
- Instructions with photos of each activity
- Weekly Plan (Editable PowerPoint Included)
- Daily Binder Covers for easy organization
What you'll receive
This is a digital PDF download. Your download link appears right after checkout and is also emailed to you. Nothing physical will be shipped.
Printing tips
Print on regular paper or cardstock at home or school. For centers you'll reuse, laminate the pieces or slip them into sheet protectors.
Terms of use
For use in one classroom or one home. Please don't share, upload or resell the files. Other teachers are welcome to grab their own copy.
Refunds
Because this is a digital download, all sales are final. If anything goes wrong with your file, email me and I'll make it right.
Questions
What ages is this for?
Activities are made for ages 3 to 5, and many work for 2 and 6 year olds too.
Can I use this for homeschool?
Yes! Everything works in a classroom, a daycare or at the kitchen table.
What supplies do I need?
A printer, paper and everyday classroom supplies. Setup directions with photos are included.
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Used this with my son at home to get him exposed to some early learning concept. Loved it!
Such a wonderful resource. It fit well into my lesson planning and curriculum. Very well done.
Fun. Lots of great different activities for a transportation theme.
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Hi, I'm Brittany! When covid hit, I turned my garage into a preschool classroom and started writing my own hands-on, play-based curriculum. Every activity is tested with real kids before it ever reaches you.
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