Boats & canal toy used to have fun gates etc., but the years have put a toll on them. Kids loved it to pieces.
Paper bowl boat (play do holding mast), craft stick rafts (I used rubber cement: don't float in hot water)
Have always been fascinated by walnut boats . . . anything kids would toss in a stream can be a toy boat.
All kinds of boats and floaters: an egg (try raw & cooked), hollowed potato boat . .. get creative/test all kinds of things for floatability . . . big bowl OK.
Fun in the tub . . . , my grandson tossed in all kinds of sea creature figures, which of course all sank.
When going, how will you get there? How do you wish you could go?
"Art" thou having fun?
Don't toss away broken balsa planes--develop creative engineering fixes. Make test flights, improve design.
Block train crossing and train by a young train enthusiast, LMG.
Elaborate train/vehicle set up cropped by the program: bridges etc. not shown
Want to go for a "spin"?
Are you "up" to it?
What's that the pilot said?
Gingerbread train station
and crossing.
Clipped title: Freight Train,
Two Little Trains by M.W. Brown, Gail Gibbons' Trains: 3 excellent titles.
Above: kayaking as a family. Ideas for places to go in the pdf's below.
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I've included vehicles and transportation in this section--anything that transports/carries things is a vehicle. Many of the ideas in Going and Doing could fit either category.
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But many of the ideas in any category reference to other categories--art, science (including engineering), etc. Learning is making connections.
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Above: My original car town & fishing game, made 30 years ago. I wanted to be sure I got the whole pattern--it's ok to have two ball fields, but I thought two police stations would be a bad sign in so small a town. So I replaced 2nd with an electronics store. Fishing game on back.
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Tons of tractor fun
hauling real dirt in the back yard.
If not dirt, sand or chips at the park or school . . . or find a friendly farm.
One example of Grandma's 9-patch Car Town--construction site at right. Kids can pretend to go to zoo, airport or air show, beach, school, park, etc...
Bags for going places.
Gardening Guy--Kids need dirt to dig in.We made elaborate mud towns
as kids. If it transports, it's a vehicle.
Easily-made Car Wash--kids love to go through any tunnel. My grandson wove dusters into afghan as car wash brushes.
Wherever they go, Momma gets a pin to show where they've been, and puts it on the map.