#Transportation shape collage free

May I have a ride? (Hold up fist and wiggle thumb.) Then have him/her use the other items to make an edible 'automobile.' Bus Rhymes and Songs

Have your child spread the peanut butter or low-fat cream cheese on the celery stick. Also have available sliced olives, cucumber slices, carrot sticks, and toothpicks. Provide your child with a celery stick and some peanut butter or low-fat cream cheese. Then 'drive' the vehicles on the chalk roadways. Go outside with your child and with him/her use the chalk to draw roads, road signs, buildings, etc. Have your child gather his/her toy vehicles and some sidewalk chalk. As your child 'drives,' play music to represent a radio in their truck. Have your child drive slow and then fast. Provide obstacles on the 'road,' such as a bench to climb over to represent a hill or a mat to jump over to represent a bridge over water. Have him/her start his/her vehicle and drive it around. Have your child hold a hoop around his/her middle to represent a car, bus, or truck. If possible, take a ride on the bus with your child. While there, have your child look at the buses, where the tickets are bought, and any other amenities, such as a snack bar or gift shop. Encourage your child to repeat the words and to point to any letters that they recognize. Point to the words as you read them back to your child. As your child makes suggestions, write them on a sheet of paper. Invite children to sort the pictures and place them in the appropriate places.Īsk your child to think of things that can be hauled in a tractor trailer. Write the words 'Cars' and 'Trucks' on index cards and place them on top of each column. On a table add masking tape to divide the table in half. Let children cut cars and truck pictures out of magazines. Ask your child if he/she can name any colors that were not found. Have your child tell you which colors were the least and most common.

Then help your child make a graph showing how many vehicles of each color were counted. Ask him/her to tell you the colors of the different vehicles found there. Take your child to a place where you and your child can safely observe vehicles, such as a parking lot. Let children describe where they going as they drive their vehicles. Provide small toy cars, trucks, and buses and let children drive along the roads to the different destinations. On a large poster board or brown wrapping paper draw or print out our printables for different destinations (school, grocery store, houses, church, fire station, police station, park, etc.) with winding roads.

#Transportation shape collage free

Free Transportation Crafts, Activities, and Printablesįollow the Road (Fine Motor Skill Activity / Hand to Eye Coordination) When you want to stop the car, press your foot down as if you're putting on the brake. Encourage children to watch and move with you. Turn your steering wheel to the right or left and turn your body as well. Turn your back to the children and take them on a ride. Explain that you will pretend to drive a car and that they have to follow you. Stand in front of the children facing them. Have children line up in one or two horizontal rows, each holding their steering wheels. Let children create a paper plate steering wheel (see our craft section). Show a truck picture and repeat the activity. Write the words and numbers on the board. Next, ask how many lights, steering wheels, doors, and tires are on the car. Write the word 'wheels' and the number 4 on the board. Next, ask children how many wheels the car has? Ask them to hold up that many fingers (4).

Show children a large picture of a car (preferably with all four wheels showing). The next time around have the children take turns telling the story. Let children turn left and right, stop at stoplights, stop at a store to buy some food, get out and in the car, start the car, park the car, drive backwards, etc. Explain that you will need their help with sound effects and to make the different actions you describe in your story. Explain to them that they will go with you on a car trip.