Transportation felt board

We did a community helpers theme in honor of Mr. Rogers birthday, and I wanted to use a flannel activity that represented a wide range of helpers. We were reading Mo Willems Don’t Let the Pig…

I didn’t quite get this finished in time–either the set OR this post! But this is what I have so far for a version of the Where Does This Go? matching game that Miss Mary Liberry posted…

This felt board activity is a great one for toddlers who can learn their numbers while placing the train cars in order from engine to caboose. See the trains chugging chugging down the track Engine in the front, caboose in the back All the colors streaming past This train’s going very fast Further Reading Suggestion: Train Preschool Theme Online Early Childhood Workshops with Circle of Ideas

“Lots of Cars” There are lots of cars driving down the street (pretend to have a steering wheel) Tell me what color do you see? (place color car on felt board) Big cars, little cars (spread arms big and little) Beep! Beep! Beep! There are lots of cars driving down the street!

Emma Garcia's books are always a big hit at Toddler storytime. Too bad they are currently only "in print" in the board book format. Most of my library's large format picture book copies are getting pretty ratty due to high circulation. I made these to bring "Toot Toot, Beep Beep" off the page and onto to the feltboard. Typically, I will put the vehicles on the board one by one, asking the kids to name the color and make the sound. Beep beep goes the little red Jeep. Honk honk goes the yellow…

A fun and easy felt board play set using shapes! Help toddlers and preschoolers learn shapes with a shape city and shape trucks!