Children are naturally fascinated by vehicles, cars, buses, trains, and aeroplanes, which instantly capture their attention and imagination. World Public Transport Day offers a wonderful opportunity to turn that curiosity into meaningful learning. In this blog, we will explore engaging activities for kids, creative classroom ideas, storytelling, games, and hands-on learning experiences that help children understand transport systems, sustainability, and everyday commuting in a fun way.
Activities for kids to do on World Transport Day
Kids and toy cars are like two peas in a pod. You simply cannot keep the two apart for a long time. We mean, think of your own childhood and how proud you were of your toy truck collection. Nobody was allowed to touch it without your permission!
Well, that said, the good thing is you can use your kid’s fascination for all things on wheels this World Sustainable Transport Day!
How, you ask? To teach them all about vehicles! Celebrated on 26th November by the UN General Assembly, this day is drivento spread awareness about sustainable mobility options and how they can benefit the world.
Now, whether you are a mom, a dad or a teacher, these activities can help you get your preschooler excited about World Public Transport Day!
1. Get kids talking about their commute
Letting kids get chatty about how they get to school every day will help them get a first-hand understanding of how different or similar their modes of commute are! And as you know understanding sparks curiosity further. So kids are bound to feel like knowing more about the fascinating worlds of cabs, autos, trams, metros, buses and more! All you have to do is just get the ‘wheel’ rolling.
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2. Create vehicle art
Got a set of plastic cars just lying around? Get your kids to dip them in tubs of washable paint of different colours so they can stamp their designs on craft paper! You can even ask them to roll these paint-dripped cars on large-sized paper sheets, creating a bunch of colourful tracks and designs!
If you do not have washable, plastic cars, you can use that old bucket of play-dough you had stacked somewhere and forgotten all about!
3. Make clouds in the sky
Confused? Think aeroplanes!
Sure they are not part of anyone’s daily commute, really. But they are still very much a form of public transport! So why not fuel that little pilot’s curiosity a little bit further with this simple exercise on World Public or Sustainable Transport Day?
Stick a wide piece of blue construction paper on a wall, and cut out white tufts of cotton to use as clouds of different shapes and sizes. You can even get kids to colour and cut out their drawings of aeroplanes, jets and more, which they can stick on the construction paper.
4. Paper planes
This is probably the easiest transport day celebration activity you will ever find! After all, who has not made paper planes in their lives?!
If you want to make things a little interesting, you can divide kids into groups and give each group a different coloured paper to work with. Then you can hang up all the paper planes via strings near a window and let the kids watch them fly with the breeze!
5. Play vehicle based music
- How about making song and dance a part of your transport day celebrations, eh? There are just so, so many kindergarten songs and rhymes that feature vehicles in their titles that would be apt to play about right now!
Think:- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- Yankee Doodle Went To Town
- A Sailor went to Sea
- Down at the Station
- I’m an Airplane
And there are so many more! You can play these during class hours and have a little dance routine with the kids. That ought to get them into the spirit of the day!
6. Play transport related games
Remember the game ‘Red Light, Green Light’ that you used to play as kids? It is time to pass down that torch to this generation of preschoolers!
A simple enough game that syncs perfectly with Transport Awareness Day, you can use this game to teach kids about the importance of following traffic rules. Just ask kids to walk or run when you say ‘green light’ and to stop when you say ‘red light’. Those who do not follow the rules will be out of the game.
7. Read transport based stories
- God knows kids love a good story time! One of the best ways you can conduct transport day celebrations in your preschool is to have a reading session. The catch? The stories should only be about vehicles! Sample these books and stories if you do not know where to start:
- Freight Train by Donald Crews
- Planes by Byron Barton
- Cars by Anne Rockwell
- Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
- Marvellous Motorcycles by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
Of course, you can pick any other book too, as long as your preschoolers love it!
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8. Do a play
Since you already have a solid recommendation of books, what better way to host transport day celebrations in preschool than by doing a play on one of them?
You could assign each kid in class a vehicle to dress up as and give them lines that talk about the lives of these transports in sea, on the road or high up in the air.
9. Have make-believe sessions
We love make-believe sessions as they really unlock kids’ imaginations and take them to the next level! For Transport Awareness Day, you can again assign each kid a vehicle and ask them to write a short paragraph where they imagine travelling in the said vehicle. Ask them to be as vivid as they can be with their descriptions.
10. Sound class
Preschool is such a great time to teach kids about the different sounds different things make. So why should transport be left far behind? From the vroom vroom of a motorbike to the tring tring of a bicycle bell, there are a lot of fun sounds for kids to explore and learn all about! You can even take this chance to teach about related words such as rumbling, screeching, droning, rattling and more.
11. Bake a cookie
How about a little cooking to observe this all important day? Bake a batch of round cookies in class and ask kids to colour them in the shades of traffic lights with frosting or food-safe colouring. Once they are done, they can enjoy the cookies as a little midday treat for all of their hard work!
However, if cookies are not an option, you can even get round-ish veggies and encourage kids to cut little wheels out of them with plastic knives. You can even get a pack of crackers and ask kids to make full vehicles out of them!
12. Count the cars
Finally, the simplest way to have transport day celebrations in your preschool is here. Every day we see multiple cars, cabs, trucks, trams and whatnot pass us by. Have your kids hang around the windows of your classroom that have a wide view of the street. And ask kids to label and count the different types of transportation they see.
How EuroKids Supports Transport Awareness and Experiential Learning
EuroKids encourages real-world learning by connecting classroom activities with everyday experiences like transport, community helpers, and sustainability. Through storytelling, role-play, creative projects, and observation-based tasks, children learn how transport systems work and why they matter. Teachers guide them to explore vehicles, traffic rules, and eco-friendly mobility through hands-on experiences. This helps build awareness, curiosity, communication skills, and responsible behaviour while keeping learning fun, meaningful, and age-appropriate.
Conclusion
World Public Transport Day is a perfect opportunity to introduce children to the importance of mobility, sustainability, and everyday travel systems. Through creative activities, storytelling, games, and hands-on experiences, kids can understand how transport connects people and communities. When learning is interactive and fun, children develop awareness, curiosity, and responsibility toward the world around them, skills that stay with them for life.
You can make World Public Transport a very exciting and educational experience for your kids by trying a fun mix of any of the activities listed above. At EuroKids, we are always busy coming up with fun ways to educate our preschoolers about our big and fascinating world! If you want to know how we do what we do best, be sure to visit us! Those who wish to understand the preschool journey better or explore enrolment options can find complete information on the EuroKids Preschool Admission Page, where learning is designed to be joyful, engaging, and child-friendly.
FAQs:
1. What is World Public Transport Day?
It is observed on 26th November to raise awareness about sustainable and efficient transport systems worldwide.
2. Why should kids learn about public transport?
It helps them understand sustainability, traffic safety, community systems, and responsible travel habits.
3. What activities can preschoolers do on this day?
Art projects, storytelling, games, role-play, sound recognition, and vehicle counting activities work best.
4. How does transport learning help child development?
It builds awareness, observation skills, communication, and curiosity about real-world systems.
5. Can transport themes be taught at home?
Yes, parents can discuss daily commutes, read transport books, and involve children in creative activities at home.
