transportation

DIY printable car track and crayola race car drawing

Exploring crayons and cars on our DIY over-sized printable car mat…

DIY paper car mat

The children and I made our very own paper car mat for the block center…

Exploring what will float or sink in preschool

Exploring sink or float with Styrofoam trays, plastic lids, and other simple materials…

Playing on the tabletop train station in preschool

We explored a little boxcar math and decorated our boxcars for our train station in preschool!

Pretty pink and blue car painting in preschool

Our car painting turned into a surprise lesson on color mixing!

Building trucks with simple materials in preschool

When our curriculum coordinator, Mrs. Fisher, showed me the items she had planned for this transportation activity box, she was worried that the children might not really like it. I love the unpredictability of children… Mrs. Fisher put some cards with simple shaped trucks printed on each card in the activity box with some straws [...]

Who is really teaching preschool?

Today, I happened by this class to see what was up and while there, I discovered the real teacher hard at work play. This young teacher (a Pre-K student) was holding a set of cards that had been made for the transportation activity box. Each card had a different color of car on the front [...]

Take a little car painting spin on this preschool highway

Add a little extra mileage onto car painting with this little transportation preschool activity… We will be doing something like this is our school in a few weeks so you get a sneak preview! Gather up some black construction paper, white paint (or white chalk might work), scissors, and glue. Invite the children to cut [...]