Language Activity: Land, Sea, Air with Transportation

For this activity we had the children sort modes of transportation by where you would most likely see them in action.  

Art Activity: Class Train

For this activity the teacher first cut out different train car patterns from paper.  We had box cars, tank cars, cattle cars, an engine and a caboose.  The children selected which car they wanted to paint.  After all the cars were painted and dried, we connected them together to make one long train.

Sorry, I didn't get any pictures of the train put together this time.

Story Book for May 13, 2009

Our story book for May 13th was Inside Freight Train by Donald Crews.  This book is basically the same as the original Freight Train book, but with this version the children get to see what is inside the train.

Art Activity: Key Chains

The children made their own key chains for this activity.  We gave them some string and various beads to make the key chains.  After they were finished stringing the beads, we attached them to some old keys.  The key chains made a great pretend item for the kids to use.

Story Book for May 12, 2009

Our story book for May 12th was Alphabeep! A Zipping, Zooming ABC by Deborah Pearson.  From ambulance to zamboni, this alphabet book talks about transportation vehicles from A to Z.

Art Activity: Cardboard Truck Painting

For this activity the teachers made a truck from cardboard boxes, and the children painted it.  After it was dry, the kids played with it in the dramatic play area.

Story Book for May 11, 2009

Our story book for May 11th was This Truck by Paul Collicutt.  This book shows a large variety of trucks and explains what jobs they do.