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Boats, Buses, and the Letter B

September 9, 2013 by OneMommy

Our “A” is for Ambulance vehicle activities for the alphabet was a huge success, and my preschooler couldn’t wait to continue our vehicle learning activities with the letter “B.”

We chose to focus on B is for Boat and B is for Bus, two great vehicles for one great letter!

vehicle themed learning activities for the letter B, including shape crafts

Hands-on learning activities for ABCs and number skills are so important for preschoolers.   Your child may also like playing our hands on magnets exploration or some of our numerous Dr. Seuss activities.

Vehicle Learning Activities for B

For our first activity I added some water to a large tub and placed on of our many toy boats in it.

I also gathered several small action figures and 2 game dice to be used in a simple preschool counting activity.

To recreate the activity, have your child roll the dice and place the corresponding number of people in the boat.  Little ones love rolling dice, and it is a fun way to work on one-to-one correspondence skills as they count the number on the dice and place the correct number of people in their boat.

simple preschool math activity using boats

 

We also used the dice to do some basic addition, laying the toys out under each die and counting them up before once again placing them in the boat.preschooler math fun

 

After a while the preschooler decided to add a few more boats to the water.

Once he was done playing, it was time for shape crafts.

We used some basic shapes to make 2 different vehicles that start with the letter “B.”preschooler bus craft

To make a bus, you will need a large rectangle and a square of yellow paper.   Two black circles become wheels.  For windows add several black squares and one black rectangle, as shown above.

 

To make a shape craft boat, start with a large half circle.  Cut a long, narrow rectangle and then 2 large triangle sails.

Not only is this craft great for working on shape identification, but it can also be used as cutting practice.  Simply draw the shapes for your preschooler and have them cut the shapes out.

preschooler boat craft

 

For more vehicle learning activities, try some of our other posts:

  • “F” Is for Firetruck
  • “D” Is for Digger and Dump Truck
  • “M” Is for Monster Truck 

 

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: hands on learning, learning activities with vehicles, preschool, preschooler craft

Comments

  1. thedoseofreality says

    September 10, 2013 at 8:59 pm

    What totally fun activities! Love those! :)-Ashley

  2. Barb says

    September 13, 2013 at 11:42 am

    Love the boat and the bus from paper shapes. Visiting via FFF link up party. I love all things paper! How about a giraffe for G?

  3. Michelle @ The MaMade Diaries says

    September 14, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    This is so cute! I can’t wait to start doing more activities like this with my little guy 🙂
    Stopping by from the Friday Follow Along! 🙂
    –Michelle @The MaMade Diaires

  4. Lanaya | Raising Reagan says

    September 16, 2013 at 7:33 pm

    Any kind of water play is fun. Reagan would love the boat lesson — it’s got water!

    Thank you for linking to Raising Imperfection.
    Please come back Friday to see if you were featured. 🙂

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    • OneMommy says

      September 18, 2013 at 9:16 pm

      Water definitely is the big one at that age!

  5. Leah says

    September 19, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    I love these ideas. Especially the dice. My son is actually doing the letter B at school this week too and I will definitely use the dice idea with him! Thanks for sharing at the Friday Follow Along.

    • OneMommy says

      September 20, 2013 at 10:02 pm

      I hope he enjoys it as much as mine did! Thanks for hosting!

  6. Carrie says

    September 20, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    What great activities/games. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

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