Easy Transportation Theme Preschool Activities

We bought one big pack of transportation stickers and used them for all of these activities with lots left of to craft and play with. And if the kids don’t peel the backing you can use the stickers and activities more than once.

Transportation Math Activities For Preschool

MODES OF TRANSPORTATION IN PRESCHOOL

A TRANSPORTATION THEME IN PRESCHOOL CAPITALIZES ON A LOT OF KIDS’ INTERESTS AND FURTHER DEVELOPS BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE.

Playing with toy cars is a natural part of childhood dramatic play. While toy vehicles are fun to zoom around, they’re also a great opportunity for teachers to sneak some content learning into preschool lesson plans.

These fun transportation theme ideas are really just math activities in disguise! Your child will love rolling and graphing, sorting, and matching the cute vehicle stickers. Who knows, you could even make an art activity out of it!

Once you get a set of transportation stickers, the other materials required for sticker play are probably already around the house, like paper and markers.

You could also use the sticker activities as a springboard to science activities, like making your own shoebox vehicles or parachutes out of plastic bags and toilet paper roll people.

In addition to sparking arts and crafts ideas for a transportation theme, these activities can promote thought and conversation:

• Have you been in a taxi?
• Would you ride in a helicopter?
• Do you like cars/trucks better? Why?
• How did you get to school today?

What Can Kids Learn From A Preschool Transportation Theme?

TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOL

LEARNING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION IS A GREAT TIME TO INTRODUCE NEW VOCABULARY THAT SOMETIMES TRANSFERS TO OTHER TOPICS.

You can use transportation-related vocabulary to increase children’s background knowledge:

• Traffic Lights
• Car/Truck
• Train/Bus
• Airplane/Helicopter/Jet
• Bike/Motorcycle
• Ship/Sailboat/Submarine

Transportation Theme Preschool Activities

Sorting Stickers

We use a brand of eggs that comes in clear plastic cartons, so I put one small sticker inside each section of the carton and trimmed off the extra sections.

Then, give your child a tray/paper plate full of stickers and let them sort. I recommend sorting first, so the stickers are sorted for the next activity.

Transportation Sticker Graphing

I put one small sticker on each side of a small square block to use as a die. Then I divided a piece of paper into 6 columns and put coordinating stickers at the bottom of the page to create the graph.

To play, the child rolls the die and adds a sticker to the correct column on the graph.

Sorting Big/Small Stickers

For this activity, I drew a line down the middle of the page and wrote Big/Small. Then I added a sticker to match for a visual representation of the words.

The child should select stickers from a tray/sensory bin and place them on the correct side. If their are too many options confusing the child, limit the sort to two types of transportation.

Transportation Sticker Memory Game

I divided the page into 12 sections and placed 6 pairs of stickers in the boxes. Then, I cut the sections apart to create the memory cards.

How to play: With the cards face-down in a rectangle, the first player will turn over two cards. If they match, the child keeps the cards and tries for another match. If they don’t match, it is the next player’s turn. The game is finished when all the matches have been found. The winner has the most matches.

Limit the amount of cards for young learners by using 2-3 pairs to start and increasing the number of pairs as their skills improve.

Extend the Activity:

Counting

This Transportation Counting to 10 activity gives hands-on, fun, transportation-themed counting practice!

Matching

Try a Transportation Matching game to help your child work on those important visual discrimination skills.

Patterns

Working on Transportation Patterns will surely entice your child while practicing an important skill.

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• Foam Sticker  Writing Activity from The Kindergarten Connection
• Foam Stickers Name Puzzles from Teach Me Mommy
• Seasons Weather Sorting Activity with Foam Stickers from In The Playroom
• Sticker Shape Matching from Play & Learn Everyday
• DIY Maths Game for Kids from Mum in the Mad House
• Sight Word Crayon Rubbing from Raising Little Superheroes

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