Preschool Transportation Theme Activities

While the past few years we’ve done the transportation theme during the fall, we’ve also enjoyed it during the spring.

Since it’s an evergreen theme, it really can be done anytime during the school year!

This page contains toddler and preschool transportation theme activities, plus links to resources, too!

Transportation Theme Activities

Please note that not all of these activities were done in my classroom, but instead done by the older preschoolers in our school.

Resources

Art

Painting with Cars (From our Toddler Transportation Activity Plans Packet) – I used our free car template.

Train Cargo Process Art (From our Toddler Transportation Activity Plans Packet)
Watercolors on Car Shapes (Freebie)
Watercolor Stop Signs – After painting them with red watercolors, laminate and attach to jumbo craft sticks. (Printable from our Transportation Packet.)

More to read: Process Art Activities

Sensory Bin

Outdoor Water Table: Fill the Boats (From our Toddler Transportation Activity Plans Packet)

Indoor Sensory Bin: Construction Sensory Bin

More to read: Big Collection of Sensory Table Ideas for the Entire Year

Writing Table

Race Car Left-to-Right Activity (Freebie)
Car Color Page (Freebie)
Vehicle Coloring Pages (from our Transportation Packet.)
Travel Coloring Pages (from our Airport Dramatic Play Packet.)
Train Vocabulary Cards (from our Train Station Packet)

3 and 4 Year Olds: What Color Is Your Car Booklet (From the Preschool Transportation Activity Packet)

More to read: Setting Up the Writing Center

Science and Exploration

Exploring Ramps (From the Preschool Transportation Activity Packet) – These will be in the block area.

More to read: Setting Up the Science Center

Playdough

Week 1 – Pressing vehicle cookie cutters into playdough.

Week 2 – Making tracks in play dough using textured rollers

More to read: 15+ Playdough Learning Activities

Dramatic Play Ideas

“My House” – Dolls, play food, coffee maker, coffee cups, snack foods
Airport using our Airport Dramatic Play Packet
Train Station using our Train Station Packet

More to read: 25+ Dramatic Play Activities

Blocks

Assortment of various transportation vehicles, ramps, street signs from our Transportation Packet.

More to read: The Best Block Activities

Circle Time (Some of these can be used in small groups for 3 and 4 year olds)

Fingerplays:

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed: The children will hold monkeys while sing the song. (Part of our Song & Rhymes Printable Packet)

If You’re Happy and You Know It: I will use props from our Song & Rhymes Printable Packet.

The Wheels on the Bus (Free Props)

Props:

Free Automobile Circle Time Props

Free Airplane Circle Time Props

I made enough so each child has one to hold. We will use these while reading books and singing transportation songs.

Activities:

Put the airplanes on the matching colored cards (from the Rainbow Circle Time Props Packet)

3 and 4 Year Olds: Numbered car matching on the magnetic board (free printable here) – One set will go on the magnetic board and then the children will each get a numbered car. When it’s each child’s turn, they will find the matching numbered car on the board and place theirs beside it. All pieces are laminated with a magnetic dot on the back.