Ready for our latest in our vehicle alphabet series? We’re up to preschool vehicle activities for the letter “P.”
There are so many fun vehicles that start with the letter “P!” The preschooler didn’t want to narrow it down to just one or two types of vehicles, so we used several different ones for our activities this time around.
We started off with a simple maze activity. Using the dot marker, he helped the plane through the maze, following the letter “P.”
Then we went on to practicing writing the letter. I decided to try something different this time around and had him trace the letters with the paper sitting on our step stool. The bumpy texture made it fun to write on, and it also really made him focus on what he was doing.
(See how bumpy the letters look? Fun!)
Once we were done with practicing writing, it was time for some vehicles!
I gave him a box of vehicles that all start with the letter “P.” 
I asked him to sort them by type. Then we sorted them by color and finally by size.
We also used the vehicles to work on a patterns. I would start a pattern, “Pick up truck, police car, pick up truck, police car…” and then he would finish it. We did this several times, making the patterns a bit harder each time. (Pick up truck, pick up truck, plane…)
Quite a few of our vehicles in the box were pick up trucks, and you can’t have pick up trucks out without filling up the truck beds with cargo!
I pulled out a pair of kid chopsticks and some pom-poms. He had fun rolling a game die and then using the chopsticks to put that many pom-poms in the bed of the truck.
He was working on those fine motor skills and having a blast! And I have to say, that it was definitely the most colorful pick up truck cargo I’ve ever seen!
Then it was time for a simple match the lower case-letter to the upper-case letter activity. 
I wrote our letter “P” vehicles out on paper, using all capital letters. Then the preschooler used our fun (and cheap) milk lid letters cover the capital letters with their lower-case equivalents.
By then it was time for me to make lunch. So I left him with a variety of letter “P” vehicles I had printed from the Internet, a glue stick, and a large letter “P.”
I challenged him to arrange the vehicles in a pattern when he covered the letter “P” — he did a great job!
Looking for more vehicle ideas?
Check out my Vehicles Pinterest Board!
Emma @ P is for Preschooler says
I love all the fun ideas you use to teach with, like writing on the bumpy texture and using the milk lids to work on letters. That’s such a fun way to learn!
OneMommy says
I try to come up with different things for us to try; you never know what they will like!
Rebecca says
Great ideas! I’m taking mental notes 🙂
OneMommy says
Thanks for stopping by!
Yuliya says
What fun ideas! My kiddo is only 18 months old, but he loves reading the alphabet, so we’ve been working a little on recognising letters a little. Anyway, I’ll definitely be trying out some of these down the road. Thank you for the inspiration!
OneMommy says
18 months is a great time to start recognizing some of the letters!
Kayla says
Love your activities and it has to be so much fun! My smallest is 9 now and I miss the things we done! Visiting from BYB!
Julie says
Those are some great learning activities. He did a fine job of gluing onto the P. Does he realize that he is learning and not just playing with mommy? lol
Julie
I Create Purty Thangs
OneMommy says
If you can make learning fun, then they grow up loving to learn! 🙂
Jean says
All those activities look like so much fun! Makes me miss the preschool stage a bit (my two boys are older, 9 & 12). I’m visiting from the Boost Your Blog challenge.
Tawnee H says
Love these ideas. My little man loves vehicles – planes, firetruck, cars, construction vehicles – this will be great for him when we get to letter “p” work this year. Thanks for the great suggestions. Great post.
OneMommy says
Thank you! That’s why I went with a whole vehicle theme for our preschool adventures this year… My little guy is obsessed with things that go!
Alexis F says
I love the creativity and diversity of these ideas!
April says
Wow! I am sold! I have an almost 3 yr old that will LOVE this! I’m following you on Pinterest!
OneMommy says
I hope you guys have as much fun as we did! We love our vehicle activities!
Now, I have to check out your post about the different types of school! 🙂
Merri Dennis says
This is a great list of projects. They are all very creative. I’m stopping by from the 100 Days Challenge. I’m glad I discovered your blog.
Kimberly B says
Some really great activities. I think I will use some of them with my grandchildren. Even though they are just “playing” with Nana it doesn’t hurt to hide some learning in there too!
OneMommy says
If there is some learning hidden in the play, it’s the best kind!
Angela @ Joy Focused Learning says
Looks like you guys had a blast exploring the letter P! I just love this idea of vehicle themed letter study. I shared this idea with a friend a few weeks ago and pointed her to your blog. Thank you for sharing at Anything Goes!
Beth says
Great ideas! My son loves all kinds of vehicles, so going through the alphabet with different cars and such would be a lot of fun for him. I love the idea of having him trace letters on the step stool. You’re right, it would force him to pay attention, and I think he’d find it fun, too! #BB100
OneMommy says
Thank you! The bingo marker is something we just got, and I have to say he really, really loves to use it!
Renae says
Loading and unloading the truck with the tongs is a brilliant idea. Way to tie in something mildly difficult (for those with fine motor delays) with cars and trucks! Great post.
OneMommy says
Thank you — just trying to sneak in a bit of fine motor work for him!