Set up a safety town of your own in a large area, such as outdoors or in a gymnasium. Create yellow traffic safety signs to place along the way through the town. Use boxes to signify houses and buildings. Provide the children with ride-on toys and allow them to navigate through the town, practicing the safety instructions that the yellow signs tell them. Other safety rules of the road can also be covered while utilizing the safety town.
Preschoolers enjoy getting out of class for awhile, even just for a short walk. Take the children on a walk and show them the yellow signs out on the street. Show them what the signs mean and how they can use each sign to their advantage to stay safe. You can even supply each child with a bingo sheet using yellow safety signs in the squares. Use the signs you run across on your walk to play a game of bingo with the children.
Use posters or pictures in your classroom showing the various different yellow signs that can be found along the road. Ask the class what each sign means. If no one can answer, tell the class what each sign means and where they might see that type of sign. Once the class knows what each sign is, ask them to identify where they have previously seen these signs.
Ask the preschoolers for help make their school a safer place. This activity works best in situations where the preschool class is a part of a larger school or daycare. Walk with the preschoolers around the school and identify high-traffic areas that may benefit from a yellow safety sign. Try to use signs that already exist in road safety, but let the kids make up their own for fun as well. Visualizing the work of signs in this way can help preschoolers better understand the purpose of signs.