Means Of TransportMeans Of Transport

For Kindergarten

General Theme

UnitUnit: Environmental Studies.

Grade LevelGrade Level: Kindergarten

Lesson:Lesson: Transportation -Roadways -Railways -Airways -Waterways

Theme

Transportation is a part of our everyday world. It is important for students to understand that there are different types and what goes along with those different types.

This is a week long unit about transportation. It will help the children to understand what transportation is, and the different modes that go along with it. Whether it be sea, air or land they will learn all about how there are several different ways to get around this world.

Objectives

The Student will -1.Be able to identify the four modes of

transportation. (land, air, sea, rail.)2. Be able to categorize different types of

transportation into the correct mode.3. Be able to identify at least 5 different

types of transportation.

Vocabulary

• Land • Air • Sea• Car• Ferry• Taxi• Submarine

• Train• Plane• Subway• Bus• Bike• Boat• Helicopter

Activity 1

• Materials: Play luggage, Play clothes, passports, food, tickets, play money.

1.Divide the children into 4 groups. Give each group a type of transportation. (bus, boat, plane, train)

2. Have each group decide what they would need for their type of transportation and have them role play a trip to wherever they want based on their type of transportation.

Activity 2

• Materials: toy cars, trucks, buses, train, etc.1. Give each child one toy type of transportation.

Discuss the different ways they can be categorized.

2. Have them get into groups of transportation that travel by air, sea and land.

3. Then have them group themselves into smaller groups such as trucks (semi, pickup, dump), buses (city, school), planes (helicopters, Jets), bicycles (unicycle, tricycle), etc.

Activity 3

• Materials: Bikes, tricycles, road signs.1. If it is nice outside, set up a roadway

with road signs outside.2. Have students learn what the different

signs mean and role play using the bikes and tricycles.

Activity 4

• Materials: Chart paper, markers.1.Poll the students about how they get to

school in the morning, and how they leave in the afternoon.

Activity 5

• Materials: old magazines, chart paper, scissors, glue, markers.

1.Make 3 posters using chart paper with the headings of land, air, and sea.

2.Have students sort through old magazines and cut out as many types of transportation they can find.

3.Have them glue and label the pictures onto the correct piece of chart paper.

Evaluation

• Multiple Choice:1. This type of transportation travels by air?

a. car c. planeb. boat d. bus

2. This type of transportation travels by sea?a. car c. planeb. boat d. bus

3. This type of transportation travels by land?a. boat c. busb. plane d. helicopter

Evaluation

4. When a traffic light is red what does this mean?

a. go c. go faster

b. slow down d. stop

5. When a traffic light is green what does this mean?

a. go c. go fasterb. slow down d. stop

Evaluation

• Where do we catch the train from? a. Shipyard b. Airport

c. railway station d. bus stop

Evaluation

• Name two ways to travel on land.• What would you use to get to Hawaii?• Compare and contrast the different

types of transportation.• Describe the importance of safety rules

while traveling on the road.

Resources

• Songs– Little Airplane (Tune: Frere Jacques) Little airplane,

little airplane, In the sky, in the sky, I can see you soaring, I can see you soaring, Up so high, Up so high.

– Row, Row, Row Your Boat– Twinkle Twinkle Traffic Light 

Standing on the Corner Bright Green means GO, we all know Yellow means WAIT, even if you're late Red means STOP...... Twinkle Twinkle Traffic Light, Standing on the Corner bright

Resources

• Songs– (To the tune of Old MacDonald) Pete the Pilot has a

plane. Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. And on that plane there are some wings. Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. With a zoom, zoom, here......Other verses: Dan the driver has car, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, (car has a horn)...The engineer has a train, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, (has a smokestack)

– DOWN BY THE STATION Down by the station Early in the morning See the little puffer bellies All in a row. See the station master Turn the little handle Puff, puff, toot, toot - Off we go!"