Transportation Preschool Theme

(Updated 10/2023)

This week is all about transportation!! As always I went to the library and picked up a few books that interested me to go along with the theme. I have activities here for both my 4 & 2 year old. Hope you get some good ideas if you are doing a transportation theme as well. If you are following along please tag me on Instagram so that I can see what you’re doing!!

Books Ideas for Transportation Theme: The Little Engine That Could – Watty Piper; The Airport Book – Lisa Brown 

 M T W Th F 
Religion Fingerpaint Noahs Obeys God Worksheet, noah wreath Put animal stickers on Noah Gathers Animals Worksheet Use noah stamps on Noahs Ark worksheet and glue blue tissue paper for water Use primary colors to paint a rainbow, add cotton balls for clouds Noahs ark sequencing 
Language (2) Letter S dot work Transportation flash cards Letter S matching Transportation pages from Prewriting book (example) Bus dot work 
Language (4) Black sand tray, cut up yellow straw for road – choose 5 sight words to practice Cvc word practice & 
Review sight words  
Cvc word practice & 
Review sight words  
CVC dot its & Review Sight words Bus Color by sight word 
Math (2) Five little ducks from previous weeks, order 0-2 Pom-pom egg carton color matching game (math bin) add cardboard wings to make it a plane – 2 of each pom Stoplight bean bag toss (color matching) Make tape ‘roads’ in shapes to drive cars on Counting practice 
Math (4) Train teen roll & cover Bike word problem Train domino adding Parking Lot Game Baggage counting with math beads 
Art/Sensory Play with train set Cutting & gluing practice Road sensory bin: black beans, penne noodles or cut yellow straw, cars Boats & fish in bathtub (can dye water blue for fun) Truck painting 
Science/
Geography/
History 
Land, Air, Water sorting Reading a map (cardinal directions, key, roads etc..) & 
Transportation busy book page for 2yr 
Make paper airplanes Ramp experimenting Look at flags of countries you can fly to 

Most religion worksheets are from ABCJesus 

Truck painting: roll the wheels of trucks in paint and vroom them on paper to make a fun art piece 

Ramp experimenting: Build some block ramps and experiment with incline, velocity & friction 

Other ideas I like: Transportation shape collage & Duplo control tower measuring 

2023 Transportation Theme Plan

Religion focus: Learn the Our Father

2YR Old Options: Transportation flashcards, Vehicle Puzzle, Transportation dot work, pop-pom egg carton color matching game with cardboard wings to make it a plane, Toddler puzzles, Transportation matching 

Language Introduce C, T & B; sandpaper tracing & black sand tray with yellow straw for road C – Car Letter parking lot game (Use C, T, B, S, A, M & letters of name) B – Boat Letter matching roads (use C, T, B; can use S, A, M if wanting more) T – Train Airplane wing case matching* 
Math Reintroduce 7 & Number matching Number Parking Lot Game Transportation 10 frames (I will turn the 9 into a 6) Train Sequencing* 
Art/Sensory Cutting & gluing practice Make large circles out of construction paper in red, yellow & green. Throw red, yellow & green bean bags to the respective stoplight color. Boats & fish in bathtub (can dye water blue for fun) Dip the wheels of a truck in paint and roll them over paper to create a fun piece of art. Can try this with multiple vehicle types. 
S/G/H Land, Air, Water Sorting Make different ramps with blocks and experiment with cars – can talk about speed, velocity & friction Learning how to read a map – cardinal directions, key, roads etc… Talk about road safety: Wearing seatbelt, crossing the street, passing driveways etc… 

Airplane wing case matching – Cut out an airplane body out of cardboard. Label clothespins with uppercase and lowercase letters C, B, T, S, A, M (can do letters of first & last name too for more). Have the child pick an uppercase clothespin and put it on one side of the airplane body for a wing, then find the corresponding lowercase clothespin to match for the other wing. 

Train Sequencing – Put stickers labeled 1-7 on 7 trains. Have your child order them, then give each train the corresponding number of math beads