Traffic & Transportation Themes
Pratt's
Educational Resources
Desert
Blossom Learning
Aviation
(Airplane) Theme
Bicycle
Theme
Fire Safety
& Emergency Vehicles Theme
Train
Theme
Community
Cars Felt Set
Description: Beep, beep!!! Beep,
beep!!! Learn your colors and numbers with
this felt car play set. The large car is 4", the medium car is 3
1/2", and the small car is 3". This is a great way to learn to
color sort or size sort with these cute cars. Any boy or girl
would enjoy this car play set.
Included 12 felt pieces
* 3 small cars
* 3 medium cars
* 3 large cars
Note: The flannel board is not included.
- If you would like to only purchase one or two colors or only one
size, please contact me.
- If you would like bright color cars (e.g. neon blue, shocking
pink, yellow, neon green, violet sky, peacock, gold, or any other
bright color), please contact me.
transportation felt set,
transportation flannel board story, transportation felt
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Individual cars are also available.
No windows or tires cut out option is also available for
individual cars.
Travel Sized Felt Traffic Light
Description: This travel sized flannel board traffic light
fits perfectly on a 9x12 inch stiffened felt piece. Children will
have fun while on the road, at the doctors or dentist office, at
church, at home, etc. You can even use this in homeschooling or in
the classroom. A perfect size to learn about traffic safety and
what to do when coming to a traffic light.
Includes 14 felt pieces:
* Black rectangle
* Red, yellow, and green circles (2")
* STOP, GO, and SLOW words (2" tall)
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Blossom Learning
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Etsy
Felt Traffic Light Flannel Story
Keywords: traffic safety, traffic safety flannel board
story, traffic safety felt board
story
This is a fun, very interactive traffic light flannel board
story. The lights are not attached to the black felt
piece. A child can learn to spell new word (stop, slow, go).
Included:
Large black rectangle (10 1/4")
Red, yellow, and green circles (2 3/4")
STOP, GO, and SLOW words (2 1/4" tall)
I do have a double felt rectangle available at Etsy.
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Felt Traffic Light without Words
This is the same as the above traffic light except it does
not include the words.
Available at
Etsy
Stop Sign Felt Board Story / Stop Sign Flannel Board Story Set
This is an extra large octagon that is great for a classroom or
home setting. It can be used when learning about traffic safety.
It also includes the words S-T-O-P (which helps with phonics
building skills and learning new vocabulary words).
Includes 5 felt pieces:
* 1 extra large red stop sign (Octagon): 8"
* 4 white letters (STOP): 2 1/4"
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The below wood
products are by Maple
Landmark.
Mite, Set of Six, Colored
-- NEW TO OUR STORE
Our Mites are sturdy little vehicles perfectly sized for
toddlers. They make great toys for car trips and are small enough
for mom to tuck into her purse for those inevitable "toy
emergencies." This set of colorful vehicles includes one each of
our six Mite designs: Coupe, T-Mite, Jeep, Sedan, Sports Car and
Utility Truck. Crafted from locally sourced, sustainably harvested
pine with hardwood components, each Mite measures approximately 2"
high by 3" long by 1-7/8" wide. Ages 2 and up.
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Teach+Play Tiles, Building/Vehicle
Children will have fun learning about the world around them
with our Building and Vehicle Teach+Play Tiles. These tiles can
help a child tell a story, identify words with places or vehicles,
or match a vehicle with a location. This set of 12 wooden cards is
cut from high quality birch plywood and are printed on both sides.
Each card measures 2-1/4" wide by 3-1/2" tall. Tiles are thin
enough to be used as flash cards. Instructional tips and
suggestions for play and a cloth pouch for storage are also
included...
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Vehicle Lace-A-Shapes
Maple Landmark hardwood Vehicle Lace-A-Shapes will help your
little one develop fine motor skills. Set includes four simple
vehicle shapes with printed details: bus, box truck, train engine,
and fire truck, along with four 52" strings for "sewing." Shapes
measure approximately 7" by 4-1/4" by 3/16" thick.
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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.
Classic School Bus
Our classics are crafted from locally grown and harvested
hardwood maple making them a truly durable truck! The School Bus
has a removable roof so all of the children (10) and the bus
driver can come out! The School Bus is 9" long and weighs about 3
pounds. The "people" come in mixed colors and all the paints and
details are done in non-toxic paints and finishes. The bus comes
shrink wrapped.
Classic Tic Tac Truck
A classic game taken to a new level. Our Tic, Tac Truck comes
with red and blue people to use as game pieces. The truck bed has
a tic-tac-toe board printed on it and holes drilled for the people
for easy play. The truck is crafted out of hard maple and painted
and printed with fun details. All of the finishes are non-toxic
and is for children 3 and up. Each truck is 9" long, 3 pounds and
comes shrink wrapped.
Made by Me Box Set
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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
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Vehicle Dominoes
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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.
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Animal
Dominoes
Vehicle Memory Tiles Game
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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.
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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
HOT SELLER!!!
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.
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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.
Transportation
Art Time
Transportation Stamps
Transporation Math
Transportation Puzzles
Traffic
Sign Puzzle
Transportation Lacing Cards
Things that Go Lacing Cards
More Things That Go! Lacing Cards
Melissa & Doug Lace and Trace Shapes
Transportation Dramatic Play with
Traffic Signs
Guidecraft Drivetime Signs
Plan Toys Sets of Traffice Signs and Lights
Transportation Books
Search
for Transportation Books at Amazon.com
And
to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, 75th Anniversary
Edition (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
Cars,
Trucks, Planes, and Trains: Fisher-Price Little People
by Nancy Rindone
Transportation Vocabulary Word List
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
I
Read Signs (Reading Rainbow Books)
by Tana Hoban
I
Read Symbols (Mulberry books)
by Tana Hoban
Road
Signs: A Hare-Y Race With a Tortoise
by Margery Cuyler
Signs
In Our World
by DK Publishing
Traffic
Trouble (Bob the Builder)
by Golden Books
Signs
on the Road (Welcome Books: Signs in My World)
by Mary Hill
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 - 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
Fun
with Boats Stencils (Dover Little Activity Books)
by Paul E. Kennedy
Boat & Sailboat Books
Big
Dog and Little Dog Go Sailing (Blue Bananas)
by Selina Young
Little
Bear's Little Boat
by Eve Bunting
Sail
Away, Little Boat (Carolrhoda Picture Books)
by Janet Buell
The
Goodbye Boat
by Mary Joslin
The
Great Boat Race (Stuart-Little)
by Kitty Richards
The
Little Boat
by Kathy Henderson
The
Little Sailboat by Lois Lenski
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Coast Guard Books
Mayday!
Mayday!: A Coast Guard Rescue
by Chris L. Demarest
Ship Books
The
Great Ships
by Patrick O'Brien
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
Fisher
Price School Bus Lift the Flap (Fisher-Price Lift-the-Flap
Playbooks)
by Doris Tomaselli
School
Bus by Donald Crews
Bus
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
Transporation Lacing
Vehicles & More Bricks
Car & Truck Books
My
Car Board Book
by Byron Barton
Trucks
Board Book
by Byron Barton
Truck
Board Book (Caldecott Collection)
by Donald Crews
Dramatic Play: Pretend you are driving a car or truck around the
room (making different sounds: horns, brakes, a car or truck
moving).
Zippity???
Game: Disney/Pixar Cars
Rev up your child's reading skills with this Disney/Pixar
Cars learning game for your Zippity™ system. Kids jump and
steer with the mat and bopper as they race through Radiator
Springs with Lightning McQueen, Mater, Flo and Ramone. Three
high-energy activities introduce early reading and measurement
concepts as kids put their whole bodies into the learning action.
A built-in Learning Path lets parents see what their child is
learning as they play, or parents can create a personal
LeapFrog® Learning Path online for more in-depth insights and
learning ideas.
Plastic Vehicles
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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