National Transportation Week- May Lessons-Books

National Transportation Week May 16-22

National Transportation Week is a federal celebration observed during the month of May. During this week Americans discuss transportation and issues pertaining to the transportation industry. National Transportation Week is observed every year in May. National Transportation week is a great time to study transportation themes, such as travel, vacations, and modes of transportation.

Books:

Transportation in Many Cultures by Martha E. H. Rustad [Capstone Press, 2009]

We All Go Traveling by Sheena Roberts and Siobhan Bell [Barefoot Books, 2004]

How Will We Get to the Beach? by Brigitte Luciani and Eve Tharlet [North-South Books, 2003]

Big Book of Things That Go by DK Publishing [DK Children, 1994]

Shapes in Transportation by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker [Kingfisher, 2005]

Amazing Airplanes [Deny’s Cazet, 2005]

Cars and Trucks and Things that Go by Richard Scarry [Golden Books, 1998]

What in the World is Green Transportation? by Oona Gaarder-Juntti [Super Sandcastle, 2010]

If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen [Puffin, 2007]

Boats: Speeding! Sailing! Cruising by Patricia Hubbell and Megan Halsey [Marshall Cavendish Corp, 2009]

Yikes! Bikes! By Abby Klein and John McKinley [Blue Sky Press, 2006]

Source: http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/national-transportation-week-preschool-reading-and-resource-list-free-car-truck-bus-worksheets

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/travel.htm Travel by Land, Sea, and Air Transportation

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/transportation.htm Transportation Preschool Activities

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson064.shtml Planes, Trains, Automobiles Lessons

http://www.mrscjacksonsclass.com/transportation.htm Transporation Theme Resources