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“M” Is for Monster Truck

August 15, 2018 by OneMommy

Know a child that loves monster trucks?  Well, get your motor revving!

It’s time to motor on to letter “M” in our vehicle alphabet series!  “M” Is for monster truck!

hands on learning activities with toy trucks

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of monster trucks?

They’re BIG!

That’s why I couldn’t resist making an over-sized activity sheet for our monster truck day.preschooler monster truck activities

Learning Activities with Trucks

I used a large sheet of brown packing paper we had from one of the packages that came in the mail.

At the top I wrote “Monster Truck.”  Then I added 2 preschool learning activities to it.

My preschooler had fun driving monster trucks on the letters at the top.preschool activities using monster trucks

For one of the activities I drew some large circles and wrote numbers on each of them.

The preschooler counted out the correct number of monster trucks to get stuck in each of the “mud” circles.

preschool activities with trucks

For the second activity on the monster truck learning activities sheet I had written the colors: red, blue, and green.

The preschooler matched his monster trucks up to the correct colors on the paper.  kids monster truck activities

 

We practiced writing the letter “M” on our dry-erase board, and then my number-loving preschooler decided to count all of his monster trucks!

He and his big sister had fun lining them up and using our homemade number cards to count them.math activities with trucks

It was good practice for them both, having to sort through the number cards and determine what the number 21 looked like verses a 23.  (He has quite a few monster trucks!)

Monster Truck Craft

Then it was time for a monster truck craft.

We hit the recycling bin and the kids had fun creating their own monster truck rally courses.

monster truck craft

 

Cardboard tubes, secured to the kitchen floor with tape, made fun “trees” to roll over.

We had cardboard ramps, tunnels, and even a paper plate hoop with construction paper “flames” for the trucks to encounter. monster truck activity for kids

It was a fun monster truck STEM activity that would be perfect for kids of all ages.

 

We’ve been having fun with our preschool learning activities with vehicles.  These monster truck activities have been some of our favorites.

monster truck activities for preschoolers

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Originally posted January 6, 2014.  

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: learning activities with vehicles, preschooler counting activity, vehicle craft

Comments

  1. thedoseofreality says

    January 7, 2014 at 8:07 am

    Love it! Looks like so much fun! My little one would have a ball with this activity! She loves toy cars and trucks! :)-Ashley

    • OneMommy says

      January 12, 2014 at 9:48 pm

      That’s a girl after my son’s heart! 🙂 Hope she has fun creating her own monster truck rally!

  2. Kristina @ School Time Snippets says

    January 8, 2014 at 12:03 am

    Love the monster truck obstacle course! Too fun! We loved incorporating monster trucks into our learning time, too, when my son was younger. Along with counting, when your preschooler is older… they can be used for ordinal numbers, too ; )

    • OneMommy says

      January 10, 2014 at 10:52 pm

      My little guy is obsessed with anything with wheels! Pretty sure that’s the way to go when it comes to learning!

  3. Theresa (Capri + 3) says

    January 8, 2014 at 11:51 am

    Our little ones love Monster trucks. I love all of the creative ideas you came up with to make them educational. We will have to try those! Please share this post on Artsy Play Wednesday (now live).

    • OneMommy says

      January 12, 2014 at 9:38 pm

      Nothing like monster trucks to get the attention of little ones! 🙂

  4. Jess Benoit says

    January 13, 2014 at 10:21 am

    Such awesome ideas!

  5. Ashley says

    January 14, 2014 at 10:24 pm

    My little guy loves Monster Trucks too! Thank you for linking up to the Thoughful Spot Weekly Blog Hop!

    • OneMommy says

      January 17, 2014 at 11:53 am

      Thank you for hosting! 🙂

  6. Rachel says

    January 16, 2014 at 10:53 pm

    I will have to try this with my son when he gets a little older:) Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board!

    • OneMommy says

      January 17, 2014 at 11:48 am

      Thank so much for pinning it!

  7. Mary Catherine says

    January 17, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    So much fun and learning with monster trucks! This would be a hit at my preschool! 🙂 I’m featuring you at this weekend’s Share It Saturday.

    • OneMommy says

      January 20, 2014 at 5:25 pm

      Thanks so much for featuring it! Hope you get to try some of the activities with the kids!

  8. Mrs.AOK says

    January 18, 2014 at 10:08 am

    This is such a fun learning activity. Thanks for sharing via Mommy Monday!
    XO

    • OneMommy says

      January 20, 2014 at 5:19 pm

      I think it was one of his favorite “letters” we’ve done this far!

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