Traffic & Transportation Themes
Pratt's
Educational Resources
Aviation
(Airplane)
Theme
Bicycle
Theme
Fire Safety &
Emergency Vehicles Theme
Train
Theme
Community
Maple Landmark Wood Products
Classics
from
Montogomery Schoolhouse
There are these available in the Classics: bus, moving truck,
racing car, tic-tac-toe, log truck, fire truck, biplane, and
helicopter. New 8/18/2010
Made by Me Box Set
(ML78250)
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Get four original kits in
one box. Includes the
blank bodies for a train, tugboat, tractor, and truck plus wheels and
axles for each. The Made By Me series allows children 3 and up to have
a good creative and constructive time! The assembly instructions are
enclosed. All you need is some glue, a hammer, and paints, crayons,
stickers or whatever you want to use to decorate with.
Ages: 3 and up
Price: $16.00
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Vehicle Dominoes
(ML50412)
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Children 3 to 8 can
sharpen their color-matching and pair-matching
skills with this set of vehicle dominoes. Made from hardwood maple with
non-toxic colorful
finishes. Each domino is 1-1/4" wide, 2-1/2" long and 7/16" thick and
comes with drawstring cloth pouch—great
for storing. Instructions included.
Price: $19.00
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You might be interested in:
Animal
Dominoes
| Vehicle Memory Tiles Game (ML50701) |
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Kids will have fun
matching their favorite vehicle. Whether it be a tow
truck or a brightly colored delivery truck there are plenty of matches
to make. The Game comes with 24 tiles to make 12 sets and playing
instructions. Each tile has an image on one side and the Maple Landmark
logo on the other. Each tile measures 1 1/2" square and is finished
with non-toxic finishes and inks. A cloth pouch is also included for
storage after play. Tiles are cut from a birch plywood and measure 2
1/2" square.
Price: $19.50
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Tic-Tac-Toot
(Product also from Maple Landmark. It is available on my Train Theme page.)
My Transportation eBook
Transportation Matching Games eBook
- Item #4300
I just added this on April 30, 2010
Here are a few samples of the pages. Click on the images to view
a larger version.
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Description: Transportation
Matching Games eBook is a great way to learn to recognize identify
various types of transportation that are in the air, land, and
water.
This eBook contains 15 matching mats that can be used as a file folder
games, matching mats, matching games, and transportation match.
This includes 147 transportation picture cards (plus 24 duplicate cards
for the last two matching games). It also includes 3 larger cards
to use for Transportation Match, 8 smaller cards to label your games
separate transportation games (Air Transportation Matching Game, Cars
& More Matching Game, Miscellaneous Land Transportation Matching
Game, Trucks Matching Game, Trains Matching Game, Boats Matching Game,
Ships Matching Game, and Transportation Matching Game). Have the
player play the games on the floor (or table). Have the player match
the correct card to a matching pair.
I will email you this within 24 hours (most likely sooner if I'm on the
computer).
Pages: 28 pages (pdf)
Price: USD $3.00
Click
here to find more eBooks available at our store (Desert Blossom
Learning).
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Transportation Activities
Obeying the laws is important for people to do.
- Show the children
a traffic signs and ask them what shape they are.
- Show them a
traffic sign and talk about what you should do when you see this
traffic sign.
Art Time
Transportation Stamps
Math
Transporation Math
Transportation Puzzles
Lacing Cards
Vehicle
Lace
A
Shapes
Includes 4 lace a shapes: Train,
Fire
truck,
Truck,
and
Bus
shapes
and
4
52"
long
laces
Dramatic Play with Traffic Signs
Books
Search
for
Transportation
Books
at
Amazon.com
Vocabulary Words
Choose any of these words: airplane, bus, car, go, green, red, sign,
slow, stop, street, traffic, train, truck, yellow, yield, transportation
Traffic
Traffic & Road Signs Books
Traffic Light Craft or Bulletin Board (Wall) Traffic Light
Traffic Light - pdf Traffic light coloring page, circle patterns,
and game patterns and ideas.
You use the above patterns or cut a piece of black construction paper
to be 12x4 1/2 inches. Cut 3 pieces of white or creme paper to be
3 inch circles.
Paint (use sponges, fingers, paint brushes, craft
sticks, cotton swaps,
etc.) or
color the circles red, yellow, and green. Glue onto the black
construction paper.
Traffic Light Game
Red Light, Green Light
Use the large circle pattern in Traffic
Light
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pdf
or cut a circle to be about 6 inches onto red and green paper.
Glue the circles the circles together. Laminate. Play Red
Light,
Green
Light.
Before starting the game, ask the children what red and green mean when
you see a traffic light. Make sure you emphasis the importance of
stopping at a traffic light that is red.
Have a child stand at one side of the room, holding the "red light,
green light" prop. Have the children "go" if it is "green" and to
"stop" if
it is "red". Take turns. You can say, "Red light!" or
"Green light."
If you want more detailed instructions, go to: Red
Light, Green Light @ Games Kids Play.
Nebraska
State
Patrol:
Traffic
Signals "Red is for stop. ... Amber is
for Don't Walk..."
Bicycle Theme
On the Water Theme (Boats, Sailboats, Ships, Coast Guard, etc.)
Wood Ship Models
Boat Stencil Books
Boat & Sailboat Books
Coast Guard Books
Ship Books
Little Toot Books
(Tub Time with Little Toot
is
a bathtime book.)
Music & Action Verse
Row,
Row, Your Boat
Traffic
Light
Action
Verse
@
Idea
Box
Crafts
#1: Fold a circle in half. Glue the sides but not the top.
Insert a craft stick inside the ship. Tape it on the back
of the inside of the ship. For the sails, cut a large and small
triangle. Tape onto the back of the craft stick.
#2: For paper: Follow the above instructions except make three
small ships and use a narrow piece of construction paper. Glue
onto a piece of paper. Write on each ship: Niña, Pinta,
and Santa Maria.
Sailboat
Rinse out a rice or soy milk container or cow's milk carton. Cut
the back or front off. Clean and dry completly. Place
construction paper around the sides and bottom. Tape a craft
stick onto the back inside of the milk container. Make sails out
of construction paper. Decorate the sailboat.
Activity
Rinse out a rice, soy, or cow's milk container or carton. Make a
cut into the back or front. Cut it all the away around except
leave
a triangle for the sail. Clean and dry some. Fill a large
container of water or a tub. Blow or push the ship to make it go.
If you are homeschooling or just want to do this activity with your
children, you can have your children play in the bathtub or kiddy pool
and play with their boats. You can have different objects that
float and sink in with them. Ask them if they float or sink.
Home Economics (Snacks)
Sailboat Eggs
Option #1: Hard boil some eggs. Peel the eggs and
rinse. Cut it
in half. Place a toothpick into each half egg. Place some
raisins or
other fruits or vegetables on the top of the toothpick.
Option #2:
Hard boil some eggs. Peel the eggs and rinse. Cut it in
half.
Remove the yolk from both sides of the egg with a spoon. For each
egg,
mix with about 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoon mayonnaise or salad dressing, 1/8
teaspoon mustard (about one squeeze), and 1/4 teaspoon (about 2
squeezes) ketchup in a small bowl. Place a toothpick into each half
egg. Place some raisins or other fruits, or vegetables on the top
of
the toothpick.
Note: This is messy but it is good.
Boat Theme
Alextoys:
Sailboat
on
the
Water
Dot-to-Dot
Boat
Pattern
@
Wrights
Colouring Book -
Transportation I @ Pitura Kids
CyberSleuth Kids: Boat
Coloring Page
Free Kids Coloring Book Pages: Transportation Boats
Ships Theme
Thanksgiving
Theme
Colouring Book -
Transportation I @ Pitura Kids
Make a
Mayflower Ship @ eduplace
USS Hornet
Museum:
Explore the Ship Virtual Tour and History.
Motor Vehicles
Theme
Discussion
What do you see on the road? What signs
do you see? (Stop sign, speed limit sign...) What do they
mean? Should we follow that sign? Why?
Crafts
Motor Vehicle Craft (Bus, Car, or Truck Craft)
Take a small rectangular box (e.g. a Toaster Pastry box). On the
open side of the pastry box, cut the flaps of the box. Fold a
piece of construction paper (choice of the child) into quarters.
Cut. Place the paper on the box folding over the sides to fit the
top (2), one side (the front of the vehicle), and the top of the
box. Glue on the box. Make 4 round black wheels out of
paper. Glue onto the
bottom of the bus. Have the child draw or make windows, a door,
headlights, a windshild, people looking out the window, using colored
pencils, markers, crayons, or construction paper. Drive your bus,
car, train Make the sound of your vehicle.
Note: Most of these directions can be used for a train.
Dramatic Play
Be a ... (car, bus, truck, train, etc.)
Discuss what red and green means. Red means (stop). Green
means (go).
Pretend to a car, bus, truck, train, etc.. (Make the sound effect
of that type of transportation.) Use a paper plate as a steering
wheel for a car, bus, or truck.
On the Road Pretend Play
Let's pretend we are driving down the road, hold onto the steering
wheel. (You can use a paper plate or a round piece of cardboard.)
Snacks
Traffic Light Snack
Spread frosting
or peanut butter (or other nut butters) on a graham cracker.
Place a red,
yellow, and green gum drop, colored candies, colored sugar,
or
M&M's
on
them.
If
using
colored
sugar,
use
a
dull
toothpick,
make
three
circles.
Sprinkle
colored
sugar,
inside
of
the
circles.
Bus Theme
Bus Books
Discussion:
What kinds of buses do you see
around town? (city, school, ...)
Preparation: Find pictures or images
of different buses and show it to
the children. (e.g. school, city
bus, double decker bus (Europe), and tour bus)
Dissusion:
We are going to look different types
of buses.
Show the pictures. What shapes
do you see on a ... bus?
(e.g. rectangle, square, and
circle).
Talk about each bus.
Music & Dramatic Play:
Sing: The
Wheels on The Bus
You can use visual aids to go with
this song. (They can be in the
form of paper or felt.)
Act out the song.
Scrapping by
Alaine Bus Pattern
Do the actions to the song.
The Wheels on
the Bus - midi
Math:
Count the wheels on different types of buses using photos
or a real bus.
Links
The
Wheels
On the Bus at The Virtual Vine Including activities, snacks,
langauge arts, bulletin boards, etc.
Cars & Trucks Theme
Car & Truck Books
Dramatic Play: Pretend you are driving a car or truck around the
room
(making different sounds: horns, brakes, a car or truck moving).
Wood Models
Math
Car
Coloring
Page @ coloring.ws
Colouring Book -
Transportation II @ Pitura Kids
Free Kids Coloring Pages Cars, race car, and truck
thekidzpage.com:
Coloring
Page:
Big
Truck
Traffic
Patterns @ Bry-Back Manor
Truck Coloring
Page
Misc. Transportation Links
Activity Idea
Place
Bry-Back
Manor Activity Sheets Transportation Counting Book and
Transportation Match
ChildFun
Transportation Theme
Debbie's Unit
Factory - August Links: Transportation and The Underground Railroad
DLTK's
Transportation Activities for Kids
DPS
Games
for
Kids Coloring pages (traffic signs, hand signals, etc.)
Everythingpreschool:
Transportation
Theme Songs, art ideas, games, science ideas, and
more.
First-School
Transportation
Preschool
Activities
and
Crafts
Free
Downloadable Visual Aids/Picture Clips: Vehicle @ Japanese Central New 2/4/05
Airplane, bulletrain, car, ship, and taxi
Hummingbird
Transportation
&
Space Activities, songs, and more.
Inside
Kindergarten
Iteach345's Page
Kendra's
Coloring
Book:
Online
or
Offline Snowplow
Kinderart: Art and
Transportation
Kindergarten Kafe scroll
down to 1997-98 & other units
Perpetual
Preschool:
Transportation Art, Snacks, Songs, Science, Games, and
Miscelleneous
Colouring Book
- Transportation I & 2 @ Pitura Kids
School to Work
Electronic Coloring Book Construction-related coloring pages for
grades K-6 and
younger.
thebestkidsbooksite.com:
Topic:
Transportation
Thematic
Units for
Primary Grades
Transportation
Transportation:
Special
Ed This can be used for other children.
Transportation
Coloring
Pages
and
Activity
Worksheets
@
first-school
Travel
Vehicles
Coloring Printouts: EnchantedLearning.com
Online Transportation
Activities
FunBrain:
Machines - Machines: Which one is different?
Airplanes
Boats
CC
Boat
in:
Steer
Clear
@
Chevron
Cars
Cars
Car
Travel
Online
Coloring
@
iGrandparents
Chevron
Cars
(online
Connect
The
Dots)
Get
Dirty!
@
Chevron
Cars
The
Cheveron
Cars
-
Playground:
Games Connect the Dots, Jigsaw Puzzles,
TicTac Puzzles (slide puzzles), Clean Sweep, License to Fly, Match the
Blocks, etc.
Fire Engines
Fire Truck
Puzzle
@ MeddyBemps
Online Tour of
Davis Fire Engine 31 @ City of Davis
Street / Traffic Signs
Iowa
State
Patrol
Color
Online
Pedestrian
Lights
Game
@
Kiddies
Games
(Preschool)
Traffic
Lights
2
Game
@
Kiddies
Games
(Preschool)
Trama
Llama -- Spring 2000, Street Sign Matching
Trains
Trucks
Make
a
Strange
Truck
-
Enchanted
Learning
Truck Puzzle @
Meddybemps
Vehicles
Matching
Parts @ Meddybemps
Vehicle
Online
Coloring
Pages:
EnchantedLearning
Make
a
Strange
Truck
@
EnchantedLearning
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