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The following list is a sample of the games available for checkout. Most games are property of the RTC Basic Studies Department but are stored on the Reserve Shelf at the RTC Library and checked out via the library's automated checkout system. Transportation activities for kids are a sure fire way to have fun with your preschoolers and kindergarteners. Check out these 60 themed activities designed to teach your class about different types of transportation, all while they play. Disclosure: Adult supervision is required for all activities at all times. These 123 and ABC road mats are perfect for helping your little one learn their letter and numbers and improve their literacy skills. Drive some toy cars around the mats and learn letter formation and recognition at the same time. These Transport themed lacing cards are a fun way for little learners to develop fine motor skills. Grab your copy of this free printable and start learning through play today. Drive some toy construction vehicles around and build with taste safe dirt. This construction sensory bin is perfect for small world play, getting messy and having lots of fun. Download these transportation themed free printables and get your child ready for some fun. From number puzzles to craft ideas, there are so many different ways to explore a fun transportation theme with these free resources. Looking for a low prep craft for little kids? This paper plate hot air balloon is a fun way to explore different modes of transportation, including some that you don’t see everyday. Learn how to make process art with the help of your small toy cars. Car painting is a fun way to paint using your favorite toys. For more ideas, visit 60 Transportation Arts and Crafts for Kids . Have fun making the red, yellow and green light of with this traffic light silhouette art idea . This craft is a great way to explore what the different colors mean while driving. My kids always have a great time when we do transportation theme activities. We had a particularly great time trying out all of these different transport fingerprint art ideas with our finger paints. Did you know that you can learn about physics with your toy vehicles? Older kids will love these 3 different car STEM experiments . Make homemade road blocks out of black cardboard and correction tape. This is such an easy way to set up a transportation activity for dramatic play. Do you need water transportation crafts to do with your preschool students? This paper plate sailboat is an easy craft to do with young children at home or in class. These free printable surfboard craft templates are an easy way to make different forms of transportation. You can even use masking tape to create a tape resist surfboard picture that is completely unique. Learn how to turn an old bottle into a rocket ship craft . This is a fun way to get creative with kids who love space or anything that moves. Use building blocks to learn how to read numbers and count with this dump truck counting mat . This free printable is perfect for preschool math centers. Photo: The Measured Mom Whenever I look at transportation activities for kids, these toilet paper roll race cars are always on my to do list. The kids just love making their cars and driving them around. Photo: A Little Pinch of Perfect Young learners will love making this airplane craft out of craft sticks and paint. This just goes to show how fun transportation crafts can be easy and don’t need any additional cost to make. Photo: Craft Bits Looking for a transportation song to teach your class during circle time? Check out this list of youTube videos to help make your transportation unit a bit more musical. Photo: Pre Kinders This fun activity helps kids learn to match numbers by finding the right car for each spot in the parking lot. Make sure to include this car parking number activity with your other transportation math activities. Photo: B-Inspired Mama Watch your kids have so much fun as they play with this indoor car wash setup. Watch your child drive through the tissue paper in their own cardboard box car with this easy dramatic play idea. Photo: Homegrown Friends Looking for fun transportation activities? Check out this fizzy car rescue science idea . This activity is perfect for kids of all ages and is sure to get them having fun. Photo: Fun at Home with Kids How many fun games can you create with this car themed busy bag ? This is a wonderful busy bag for quiet time or when traveling on a plane or road trip. Photo: Still Playing School What do you think about this free printable transportation memory game for kids? It’s a great way to teach them about different mode of transportation while having fun! Photo: Itsy Bitsy Fun Looking for easy transportation crafts for kids? You’ll love these paper plate cars . It’s a great activity for a rainy day or anytime you want to have some creative fun. Photo: Learning 4 Kids Making toys out of old cardboard boxes is my favorite way to reuse trash. Just like this cardboard box car , which is perfect for a transportation preschool theme. Photo: Preschool Toolkit These printable road signs are a fun way to teach your kids about road safety. Use these free printables with playdough along with the rest of your transportation activities for kids, to get your class having fun while they learn. Photo: B-Inspired Mama Bring history to life with this rocking bus craft . Pair it with one of your favorite books during circle time and get the kids learning Rosa Parks. Photo: Happy Toddler Playtime How many different kinds of paper planes can you make from a single piece of paper? Check out these different designs and do a STEM experiment to see which one flies the best. Photo: Kids Activities Blog Do you want to make your kids the happiest on the block? Make them some DIY hardboard racing ramps for their toy cars . Experiment with different heights and angles to see what happens as they roll down. Photo: Child Central Station Now this is a great idea that can be used for both letter and number recognition. Draw numbers or letters on large sheets of paper, then roll the cars towards the letters. Call out whichever letter the cars land on. This ABC raceway activity is a fun hands-on way to teach children letter recognition. Photo: Kitchen Floor Crafts Learn how to make a mini car wash for your toy cars . This is a fun sensory play idea that will keep your kids entertained all afternoon. If you’re lucky, they’ll love it so much that they’ll go and wash the real car for you. Photo: Paging Fun Mums Drive the truck around the paper plate with the help of magnets. This magnet truck craft is also a fun science activity to do with your kids. Photo: Meaningful Mama Explore different types of transport with this sensory activity for toddlers. This transport sensory tub is a fun way to play with cars and trains as your kids dig through the different fillers. Photo: My Bored Toddler Make a homemade parking garage out of an old box . Complete with ramps for your toy cars to drive up and down. Photo: Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls Who is riding on the school bus this year? Make this cute school bus craft with pictures of your kids’ faces in the window. This craft is a great keepsake for your child’s first day on the school bus. Photo: Messy Little Monster When planning transportation activities for kids, you really can’t go wrong with these straw and circle paper planes . This is a fun STEM activity for older children who love to build and experiment with their creations. Photo: Red Ted Art Get your copy of these transport themed skip counting puzzles . This is an easy way to teach math through hands-on play. Photo: Royal Baloo Spell out the names of the vehicles with these free transport word puzzles . This is a fun and interactive way to practice spelling with your class. Photo: Playdough to Plato Get moving with some free transport yoga cards . Try to pose like these vehicles and have a good giggle while trying not to fall over. Photo: Kids Yoga Stories Use tongs to place the pom poms in the correct spot with these transportation color matching sheets . This free printable is a fun way to help toddlers and preschoolers strengthen their fine motor skills. Photo: 123 Homeschool for Me What are you going to make with this playdough activity tray? There are so many different scenes to make with this transport themed playdough invitation to play. Photo: Pre-K Pages Count and graph the different vehicles in this transport spy and graph printable . This is a fun math activity for little learners who are just starting to learn about graphs. Photo: Schooltime Snippets You can’t go wrong with Free transport playdough mats . Get your copy of this free printable to use in your early years classroom. Photo: Preschool Play and Learn Measure the height of these different transport toys and write down your results. This is a wonderful measuring activity for your preschool math centers. Photo: Gift of Curiosity Head outside and count the different color cars you see driving past. This is a fabulous way to do some math without the classic worksheets. Photo: Pre Kinders Learn how to make a fire truck out of old egg cartons . This fun craft looks amazing and will be so much fun to play with once it’s complete. Photo: The Craft Train Sort the different transportation toys into where they go. Land, sea or air? How do these different vehicles move around? Photo: Days with Grey Use trucks to move the alphabet around in a relay race . This is a fun way to get the kids moving and learning letters at the same time. Photo: Pre-K Pages Sensory bottles are fantastic for babies and young toddlers, because it lets them explore small objects without having to worry about the toys being a choking hazard. Create a transport sensory bottle and let your infants watch as they float through the liquid. Photo: Best Toys 4 Toddlers Strengthen little hands and fingers with these free car prewriting strips . Use them for tracing, cutting or lining things up. Photo: 3 Dinosaurs Take leaf rubbing to a new level and try license plate rubbing instead. This is a fun way to explore license plates up close and why we need them on our cars. Photo: Housing a Forest Join the dots to complete the pictures. Grab your copy of these free transportation dot to dot printables , they’re perfect if you want some quiet time or an easy restaurant activity for your kids. Photo: Your Therapy Source Explore word families with these transport themed sliders . This free printable is fantastic for any preschool or kindergarten literacy centers. Photo: 123 Homeschool 4 Me This is really 3 sensory bins in one. Explore the different places vehicles belong in this transport themed sensory activity for kids. Photo: Fantastic Fun and Learning Use wooden frieght trains to practice counting . This is a fun math activity to try the next time your kids want to play with the train table. Photo: Inspiration Laboratories Can you build a boat to hold the pennies ? This is a fun STEM challenge for older kids. Experiment with different ways to design your own boat and see which one can hold the most pennies. Photo: Little Bins for Little Hands I love including trains in our list of transportation activities for kids. Kids always find them so exciting. Make you own train out of egg cartons , and use it to carry small toys around from station to station. Photo: The Craft Train Use tongs or tweezers to transfer the toy trucks from one container to another. This is a great way to help fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination in little ones. Photo: Best Toys 4 Toddlers Don’t you just love this paper plate submarine craft that rocks back and forth? The rocking motion reminds me of boats rolling around on the waves. Photo: Red Ted Art Aren’t these egg carton helicopters adorable? These cute crafts look wonderful and are surprisingly easy for kids to make. Photo: The Craft Train Practice letter recognition with these free transport color by letter worksheets . These are a fun way to learn the ABC’s while doing a calming activity. Photo: ABC’s of Literacy Grab a box of crayons and enjoy any of these 12 car coloring pages . They are an easy brain break for kids who love mega machines. Turn a regular paper plate into this simple school bus craft . This is a fun idea for kids who are going to be taking their first ide in the school bus this year. If you made your own popsicle stick airplanes, you can then use them in this easy airplane themed sensory bin . This is a fun play idea for kids who love planes. Are you going to try any of these Transportation Activities for Kids? Don’t forget to pin the idea for later.