Toy Cars, Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Playgroup for Pre-K and Kindergarten

This class is about cars, planes, trains, boats, construction/farming equipment and all other automobiles/vehicles. Students will engage with Teacher Lily (Mrs. Palmer) and other students through discussions, show and tell, play, drawing, and other fun activities. The focus of this group is to have fun talking about and sharing different types of toy automobiles and equipment while practicing age appropriate social skills. This group will also provide an opportunity to socialize/play with other students of the same age group with similar interests.  Students who feel more comfortable observing & listening during class are welcome to draw and participate/share at his/her own pace. 

For parents: I hope to provide an alternative play option for your children when other social activities are not possible.  Although this is an ongoing course, it is absolutely okay to sign up for just one class if you cannot commit to weekly classes. I am listing this as an ongoing course one day a week, but I am willing to add time/days/frequency.  Please feel free to request times and I will see if I am available to make a group on the time/day requested.  

Weekly Themes/Topics: (Topics may change throughout course based on learner interest and requests). We will have a theme, but learners can share any car or automobile that they would like to during every class. 

Week (Mar. 19 - Mar. 25) - Fire Truck
Week (Mar. 26 - Apr. 1) - Garbage Truck

Week (Apr. 2 - Apr. 8) - Tractors
Week (Apr. 9 - Apr. 15) - Cars
Week (Apr. 16 - Apr. 22) - Trains
Week (Apr. 23 - Apr. 29) - Planes

Week (Apr. 30 - May 6) - Bull Dozers
Week (May 7 - May 13) - Monster Trucks
Week (May 14 - May 20) - Ice Cream Trucks
Week (May 21 - May 27) - Racecars

Week (May 28 - Jun 3) - Ambulance
Week (Jun 4 - Jun 10) - Dump Truck
Week (Jun 11 - Jun 17) - Front Loader
Week (Jun 18 - Jun 24) - Bus

Week (Jun 25 - Jul 1) - Cars with faces
Week (Jun 2 - Jul 8) - Transformer Cars
Week (Jul 9 - Jul 15) - Boats
Week (Jul 16 - Jul 22) - Car Games

Week (Jul 23 - Jul 29) - Submarine
Week (Jul 30 - Aug 5) - Helicopters
Week (Aug 6 - Aug 12) - Amphibious Vehicles
Week (Aug 13 - Aug 19) - Police Car

Week (Aug 20 - Aug 26) - Food Truck
Week (Aug 27 - Sept 2) - Cold Weather Cars
Week (Sept 3 - Sept 9) - Space ships
Week (Sept 10 - Sept 16) - Motorcycle

Week (Sept 17 - Sept 23) - Cranes
Week (Sept 24 - Sept 30)- Four-Wheelers
Week (Oct. 1 - Oct 7) - Bicycles
Week (Oct. 8 - Oct 14) - Vans

Week (Oct. 16 - October 22) - All Terrain Cars
Week (Oct. 23 - October 29) - Amusement Car Rides
Week (Oct. 30 - Nov. 5) - Scooter/Skateboards
Week (Nov. 6 - Nov. 12) - RV/Motorhomes

Week (Nov. 13 - Nov. 19) - Hover boards
Week (Nov. 20 - Nov. 26) - Toy Vehicles
Week (Nov. 27 - Dec. 3) - Excavator
Week (Dec. 4 - Dec. 10) - Futuristic Vehicles

Week (Dec. 11 - Dec. 17) - Robot Cars
Week (Dec. 18 - Dec. 24) - Race cars
Week (Dec. 25 - Dec. 31) - Cartoon Cars
Week (Jan. 1 - Jan. 7) - Underwater Vehicles

Week (Jan. 8 - Jan. 14) - Emergency Vehicles
Week (Jan. 15 - Jan. 21) - More Trains
Week (Jan. 22 - Jan. 28)  - Construction Vehicles
Week (Jan. 29 - Feb. 4)  - Water Vehicles

Week (Feb 5 - Feb. 11) - Farms Equipment
Week (Feb. 12 - Feb. 18) - Recycling Invention Cars
Week (Feb. 19 - Feb. 25) - Safari Cars
Week (Feb. 26 - Mar. 4) - Building Block Cars

Week (Mar. 5 - Mar. 11) -  Big, Medium, Small Cars
Week (Mar. 12 - Mar. 18) - Colorful Cars

(If your student is interested in a certain topic, please feel free to send me a message and I would love to create a class session with that topic).

note: If your student is the only one enrolled as class approaches, my preschool age son will happily join the class (if available) to make sure the class has other friends ready to play.

Note: Since this is primarily a play-based class with other younger learners, I generally will not share recordings for safety and privacy reasons.  However, if it is possible based on class material, I can sometimes create at home activity sheets from my slides for learners, who may have missed class.  So feel free to reach out to me if that is something that you might be interested in.

The teacher will occasionally use excerpts of story books and quick transition video clips (with author's/performer's/creator's permissions) to introduce an activity or allow the students to move/play a game.  These will only be used as supporting materials to provide opportunities for social engagement/movement and will not be used for long periods of the class. 
(ex. Thelearningstationmusic.com & Jackhartmann.com music videos.  See sources sections for a complete list of updated video and book materials used and how to find these sources yourself.)