CU 1.03Land, Air, and Water Transportation

1. 1

   Invite the child to bring the basket and the header mats to a rug. Lay the three mats in a row.

2. 2

   Touch the brown mat: 'Land.' The blue mat: 'Water.' The white mat: 'Air, the sky above us.'

3. 3

   Take out the car and roll it on the rug: 'A car goes on land.' Place it on the land mat.

4. 4

   Take out the airplane and fly it through the air: 'An airplane flies in the air.' Place it on the air mat.

5. 5

   Take out the boat and glide it as if on water: 'A boat goes on water.' Place it on the water mat.

6. 6

   Hand the child the next vehicle and ask: 'Where does this one go?' Continue until the basket is empty.

7. 7

   Name any vehicle the child does not know.

8. 8

   On later days, sort the picture cards the same way and check with the control chart.

What catches the child’s eye

• Rolling, flying, or gliding each vehicle before it lands on its mat
• Vehicles from other places, such as a gondola or a cable car

Extensions, easiest to hardest

1. Sort pictures of ways people travel on the continent being studied
2. Find vehicles that use two places, such as a seaplane, and talk about where they belong
3. Sort ways of travel from long ago and today
4. Count how many vehicles of each kind pass the school in five minutes