25 Resources for a Preschool Transportation Theme

I was excited to see so many activities related to a preschool transportation theme at last week’s Share It Saturday.  I’ll be featuring those posts, as well as a few other sites today.  Enjoy, and be sure to link up your recent posts below if you’re a blogger.  If not, have fun looking around.  🙂

wonderful ideas for a preschool transportation theme

From Last Week
1. Snowy Toy Car Ramp {Buggy and Buddy}
2. Wooden Train Ski Jump {Play Trains!}
3. Cardboard Bridge for Trains and Cars {Pink Stripey Socks}
4. Airplane Play: Sensory, Coloring, and Frozen Fizzing Fun {Nothing if Not Intentional}
5. School Bus ABC Game {Fantastic Fun and Learning}
6. Salt Maps {Highhill Education}
7. Cardboard Box Car and Driving {Gummylump Toys Blog}
8. Valentine Pirate Ship Mailbox {We Made That}
9. DIY Transportation Puzzle in a Box {School Time Snippets}
10. T is for Teacher: Sorting Cars {Life with Moore Babies}
11. Vehicle Activities for the Letter N {There’s Just One Mommy}
12. Tank Cake {What I Live For}
13. Don’t Let the Pigeon . . . Bus Craft {Positive Parenting Connection on Fun-A-Day!}

Other Great Resources
14. Pretty much the entire Play Trains! site  🙂
15. Transportation Theme Activities {The Preschool Toolbox}
16. Things That Go – In Space {The Good Long Road}
17. Recycled Car City {Fun at Home with Kids}
18. Thumbprint/Fingerprint Freight Train {Craft to Art}
19. A Number Maze for Preschoolers to Count {Hands-On: As We Grow}
20. Science at Home: Vehicles {Inspiration Laboratories}
21. Magnetic Roads {And Next Comes L}
22. Paper Airplane Hangers {Teach Beside Me}
23. 25 Picture Books About Cars and Trucks {No Time for Flash Cards}
24. Tractor Track Prints {Craftulate}
25. Origami Boats {Fireflies and Mud Pies}

Do you have any go-to activities for a preschool transportation theme?  Or ideas for older children learning about vehicles and transportation?  If so, please leave ideas and links in the comments below.

I have tons more ideas for a preschool transportation theme saved on my Transportation Pinterest board.  I’ll keep adding to it as I find more great ideas!

Follow Mary Catherine @ Fun-A-Day!’s board {Theme} Transportation on Pinterest.

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Transportation in the Preschool Classroom

These transportation activities are perfect for a transportation theme. But I’m sure the preschoolers in your life would be happy to play with vehicles all year long. Here are some transportation items to keep in your classroom for various learning activities throughout the year, including free time!

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• Train set
• Train table
• Pull back vehicles
• Emergency vehicle set
• Small cars and trucks
• Toy planes and helicopters
• Monster truck toys
• STEM vehicles
• Road rug
• Track set
• Cones
• Street sign set
• Toy school bus

These items are just suggestions, of course. Your preferences will change depending on how your classroom is set up, what your schedule is like, and the age of your preschoolers. Try a few different products out and see which spark the imaginations of your students the most. And which ones challenge the children the most. Either way, the kids are going to love the opportunity to play with the transportation items.

Done-for-You Preschool Resources

Planning meaningful lessons for students week after week, all while balancing other teaching responsibilities and a personal life, can be a daunting task. That’s where Preschool Teacher 101 comes in to save you time!

Preschool Teacher 101 is excited to share with you some amazing lesson plans, activity packs, and other resources made specifically for preschool. We offer a wide variety of themes that are frequently used in preschool classrooms as well as less common (but super interesting) themes. Click on the images below to learn more about some of our transportation-themed resources!

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