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Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

June 3, 2018 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: This preschool transportation activity helps children learn how to identify different vehicles by sorting and then painting with them. 

One of our favorite preschool activities is painting with toys, such as our Lego painting activity.

But this year I noticed that our preschoolers wanted to get our toy vehicles involved in everything. I kept finding them in the play dough, in the sensory bin, and on the light table.

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So, during our preschool transpiration theme, I decided that we needed to get some paint involved.

After talking about different types of transportation vehicles, we painted with them! And then, when finished, we took them to our water table for a nice wash.

This preschool transportation activity helps children learn how to identify different vehicles by sorting and then painting with them. 

Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

Introducing different transportation vehicles:

During circle time, read some favorite transportation books. Then show your preschoolers different types of vehicles. As you hold up each one, ask them if they are used on the land, in the water, or in the sky.

Note: I’ve added some land, air and sky sorting cards towards the bottom of this post that would be a fun addition to this activity!

Then, set up a painting activity.

Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

It happened to be a very nice day so we took this activity outdoors.

Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

I poured paint onto plates that we recycled from the work room.

I then added a different type of vehicle to each plate of paint.

Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

The vehicles were then pressed into the paint and onto paper.

Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

This was a great activity on taking turns, too.

When one child was finished with a certain vehicle, he passed it to another child and got a different one.

Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

If you have a water table, you can use it to wash the paint off the vehicles.

Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

We added sponges and scrubbed to get all the paint off the vehicles.

An extra fine motor activity that was perfect for this preschool transportation activity!

Preschool Transportation Activity that Involves Sorting and Painting

 

⭐️ New! I’ve added these land, sky and water printable cards for a fun transportation sorting activity!

 

You can find more ideas on my transportation pin board!

This preschool transportation activity helps children learn how to identify different vehicles by sorting and then painting with them. 

 

This activity was part of our toddler and preschool transportation theme! Come see how our classroom was set up:

Setting up a transportation theme in the toddler and preschool classroom is so easy, because there is such a wide variety of activities to try. We added some favorites that our children loved!

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 18 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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