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Transportation: a preschool theme week

Checked Oct 30, 2026 · Any time of year · February, March, June

One week on transportation for twos to fours: a five-line circle time, 4 books (4 free to read on Peabody), one craft with 4 materials, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” with its words, a snack from the Kitchen and the letter T.

Plan this weekPrint the two sheets

Circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “How did you get here today?”
  4. Sing: Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
  5. Read: The Red Bus (level 1).

Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.

Books

  • The Red Bus (level 1, free on peabody.kids): A red bus and all its riders.
  • Stop, Bus! (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A bus that stops for a dog.
  • The Big Truck (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A big truck stuck in the mud.
  • Go, Snail, Go! (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Fast and slow: a snail and the things that go.

Craft: Box car

You need (4): a shoebox, paper plates (wheels), crayons, tape.

  1. Color the box.
  2. Tape on four plate wheels (a grown-up helps).
  3. Drive it along a tape road on the floor.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat

The words

Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Snack

Banana Sushi from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Flour tortillas → corn tortillas; Peanut butter → sunflower seed butter.

Letter pack

TtT is for truck. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Threes and fours: trace T and t once, then find T in the room and in the book.

Outside: Red light, green light

Cars drive on green, stop on red and go slowly on yellow.

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The books are Peabody's own open library, free with no sign-in. The song is public domain. The snack links to the Peabody Kitchen. Nothing here asks for a child's name.