Transportation Activities for Preschoolers

Here is a sample of some of the transportation activities we set up for our preschool classroom.

Transportation Week is such a favorite for the kids.  We spend our group time talking about the transportation we use in our daily lives and classifying land, air, and sea types of transportation.

Art projects are especially fun.  I set up three different painting activities using cars and monster trucks. 

On our large train table, I made a ramp and gave the kids two trays of color.  They mixed the colors as the monster trucks went down the ramps.  I placed butcher paper on the whole piece of cardboard but added a piece of white construction paper to the top so the kids would have a piece of artwork to take home.

I placed three trays of paint, here I used primary colors and gave the kids cars to drive through the paint and then onto their paper.  The results were beautiful.

Adding monster trucks to the easel is something I do a few times throughout the school year.  It is an easy way to add a fun element to the easel!

In the sensory bin, I added black beans and these small construction vehicles.  This activity got so much use I left it out for an extra week!

I am always changing up our scissor work.  This week we practiced cutting roads.  There were a lot of different challenges for the kids to try and they were excited to try them all!

On the train table, I drew parking spaces and either added numbers or counters.   I added numbered cars for the kids to match.  I was very impressed with the kids’ attention span with this activity! 

For our STEM project, we made boats out of foil and the kids tested them to see how well they floated and how many counters they would hold.

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