Welcome to our third week of our transportation unit! This last week was done a bit more here and there, as we were preparing for a trip and dealing with a cold for Little Guy. You can see the activities we did in
week 1 and
week 2.
Little Guy is 39 months old.
Reading has been a fun part of this unit. We gathered many non-fiction books from the library to help us learn about the different types of transportation. We also read many fiction books. Here are some of our favorites!
Everything Goes: In the Air by Brian Biggs (This cartoon style book showed what you do at the airport, from parking to going through security to getting on the plane. It also shows different types of airplanes, all in an entertaining way. Little Guy went to this book over and over...and over!)
First Flight by David McPhail (A sweet story of a little boy's first airplane flight on his own. We own this one and it is a favorite.)
Angela's Airplane by Robert Munsch (A funny story of how a 5 year old accidentally flies plane! Entertaining for Little Guy and for me.)
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle (A great story of how good things can happen when we work together.)
Trains,
Planes, and
Airport by Byron Barton (Airport is another great book that shows what happens at the airport. I love the simple illustrations and text.)
Freight Train by Donald Crews (Simple illustrations show the different types of cars on a freight train.)
This week we spent some time using the Count and Clip cards from
Homeschool Creations.
We also got out some playdough and some cookies cutters in the shapes of a train, plane, and racecar. We had not played with playdough for a while, so it was fun to get it out again.
We also worked on our alphabet train puzzle again. This time, Little Guy wore a train conductor hat while he worked on the puzzle. Makes it much more authentic, don't you think!
This last activity was my favorite! We made a book about the experiences he had at the airshow and Touch a Truck event. It took us two days to complete, but was well worth it. I printed out pictures from the airshow that we attended, as well as the Touch a Truck event. I made a label with a sentence for each picture. I tried to use the same pattern, which mostly was "Little Guy saw a ...". We started with the pictures from the Touch a Truck. Little Guy chose a picture and we would slide it into a little photo album. Then I would get the corresponding label and put it on an index card. Then, using alphabet stickers, Little Guy would put the name of the vehicle on the top of the index card. The book turned out great! Little Guy could "read" many of the pages. He really took ownership over the book.
Finally, we had to make some traffic light crackers to finish out the week!
This was a fun unit for both Little Guy and I! What have you been up to in preschool?
Need more ideas? Check out my letter T and letter A Pinterest boards!
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