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Here are some ideas to make your
transportation unit special.
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*Trains* |
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*Trucks* |
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*Boats* |
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*Construction* |
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*Airplanes* |
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*Miscellaneous* |
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Music
Music is an important part of
any Early Childhood program.
For links to the
musical artists click
here to go to the music
page.
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Literacy
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Activity
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Instructions |
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Transportation Upper/Lower Matching
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Setting:
Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective:
Upper and
lowercase letter identification/matching
Materials:
Transportation accents, magnetic letters, Sharpie marker,
laminating film
Directions:
Write uppercase
letters on the transportation accents with a Sharpie marker.
Laminate the accents for durability. Place magnetic letters in a
bowl or basket in the middle of the table so they are easily
accessible to all students. Students will select a
transportation mat and find the corresponding lowercase letter
to match.
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Transportation Sentences 1
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Setting:
Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Sight Word Recognition
Materials:
magnetic letters, transportation sentence mats, laminating film
Directions:
Give each student in the small group a transportation sentence
mat. Students will use magnetic letters to spell sight
words that make sense in the blanks.
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Transportation Sight Word Mats
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Setting:
Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Sight Word Recognition
Materials:
magnetic letters,
Sharpie Marker, laminating film, transportation accents
Directions:
Write a different
focus sight word on each of the transportation accents with a
Sharpie marker. Laminate the accents for durability.
Place magnetic letters in a bowl or basket in the middle of the
table so they are easily accessible to all students. Students
will spell the sight words out on the mats with magnetic
letters.
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Transportation Word Families
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Setting:
Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Word Families
Materials:
construction paper, word family tran mats (see left), Sharpie
marker, laminating film, train die-cuts
Directions:
Laminate multi-colored construction paper. Create several
word family train mats like pictured at left using word families
your students are familiar with. Die-cut matching train
cars using the laminated construction paper. Use your
Sharpie marker to write the word family words on the train cars.
Students will locate the words and place them on the correct
word family trains.
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Transportation Sentences 2
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Setting:
Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Sight Word Recognition
Materials:
Sentence strips, Sharpie marker, transportation clip-art or
stickers
Directions:
Write several simple transportation sentences on sentence strips
using a Sharpie marker. Include clip-art or stickers next
to the unknown word. Cut the sentences apart and place in
envelopes. Give each student in your small group an
envelope. Students will construct the sentences using
their knowledge of sight words. Remind them to create
sentences that "make sense".
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Math
Activities
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Activity
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Instructions |
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Transportation Board Game
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1, Number Sense
Materials:
Cardstock, sticky dots,
transportation stickers, tape, thematic playing pieces, one foam
die
Directions: Take two pieces of white cardstock
and tape them together in the middle to create your game board.
Be careful to leave a small gap between the two pieces of
cardstock so the
game board will fold easily for storage. Place thematic
stickers around the board for decoration. Affix
the round sticky dots to the game board and laminate. Give
each player a playing piece (see resources section).
Players take turns rolling the die and moving their playing
piece.
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Transportation Counting Book
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: concepts of print, number sense, number
identification
*This is a crossover activity meaning it integrates literacy and
math*
Materials:
Transportation stickers, "I Can See" Transportation
Counting booklet- one per child.
Directions:
Students "read" the sentences on each page using their knowledge
of numbers and sight words. Students place the appropriate number of
stickers on each page.
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Transportation Path Game
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Number Recognition, 1:1
Materials:
Do-A-Dot markers, transportation path game sheet, number cards
Directions:
Give each child a transportation path game sheet and a Do-A-Dot marker.
Place the number cards in the middle of the table in a basket or
container. Each child takes turns selecting a number card
from the container. The child identifies the number and
then marks it on his paper with his Do-A-Dot marker.
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Transportation Counting 1-5
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence
Materials: 1-5 counting grid- one per child (available in printables section
below), transportation stickers
Directions:
Give each child in the small group a counting grid sheet.
Place the stickers in the center of the table in a container so
all students can easily reach them. The students will
place the correct number of stickers next to each number on the
counting grid.
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Transportation Patterning
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Patterning
Materials:
pattern grid sheet (see printables section below), transportation stickers
Directions:
Give each child in the small group one patterning grid.
Place the stickers in the center of the table in a container so all students can easily reach them. The
students will use the stickers to create a pattern.
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Transportation 1:1
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence
Materials:
Transportation 1:1 mats- one per student in small group (see printables
section below), Do-A-Dot markers (see resources section below)
Directions:
Students take turns rolling the die, identifying the
corresponding number on their paper and stamping that number
with a Do-A-Dot marker.
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Truck Roll 'N Stamp
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Setting: Small
Group, Math Centers
Objectives: Number recognition, number sense, one-to-one
Materials:
foam die, 1-6 truck game sheet (see printables section below), Do-A-Dot markers (see resources section below)
Instructions:
Students take turns rolling the die, identifying the
corresponding number on their paper and stamping that number
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Fun Activities
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Activity |
Instructions |
Magic Stop Sign |
Materials: fingerpaint paper, red paint, paint
brushes, scissors, masking tape.
Take one
large piece of fingerpaint paper for each child. Using the
scissors cut strips of masking tape and stick the tape to the
paper to spell out the word "Stop". Have students
paint their papers with red paint all over, completely covering
the masking tape. When the paint is dry you can carefully
peel the tape off to reveal the word "Stop". Use the
scissors to cut the paper into a stop sign shape.
The same idea could be used to make "yield" and other traffic
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Shape Train |
Materials:
construction paper- various colors, scissors, glue stick,
crayons.
Have the
students cut out various shapes (rectangles, circles, squares,
etc) and glue together to make a part of a train. They can
use crayons to write their names on the side of the train.
When everybody is finished, assemble the "name train" on the
wall in the classroom or on a bulletin board. Make sure to
make one for yourself and place it in front :) |
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Fingerpaint Tracks |
Materials:
several matchbox cars or other small cars with moveable wheels,
fingerpaint, fingerpaint paper or butcher paper, paint- various
colors.
Place
several different colors of paint in bowls or pie tins,
containers need to be big enough for the cars to sit in.
Next, give each student a sheet of fingerpaint paper OR use a
large sheet of butcher paper to make a class mural.
"Drive" the cars in the paint and across the paper to create
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Transportation
Graph |
Materials:
Butcher paper, construction paper, crayons, glue.
Create a
graph using the butcher paper with a place for each form of
transportation (car, truck, train, airplane etc). Give
each student a square of construction paper and them to draw
their favorite form of transportation and write their name. When finished,
students glue their pictures on the graph in the appropriate
place.
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Traffic Light |
Materials:
red, yellow, green, and black construction paper, glue,
scissors.
Have
students cut red, yellow, and green circles for the traffic
lights. Next, have them cut one large black rectangle and
glue the circles on in the appropriate order to create a traffic
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Shape Sail Boat
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Materials: blue and white construction paper,
crayons, glue, scissors.
Have
students cut triangles with the white paper. Next, ask
them to glue the triangles on the blue paper to make the sail.
Use the crayons to make the boat body and other features on the
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