Provide each child with a rectangular box, such as a shoe box, and shapes cut out of felt. The shapes will include a square, a rectangle, two small circles and four large circles. The children will glue the shapes onto the box to form a truck. The square shape is the windshield, the rectangle is the truck door, the two small circles are the headlights and the four larger circles are the wheels. Show the preschoolers a completed truck so they can identify where all the shapes go. Have the children paint the trucks as they desire once all the pieces are glued on.
On a single page, draw a variety of shapes that can be used to assemble a truck shape. This will include a square for the front of the truck and a rectangle for the back, pick-up section, circles for the headlights and wheels and a smaller square for the windshield. Also on the page, include an image of the truck assembled from all the pieces. Pass out copies of the template to the class as well as child-safe scissors, a glue stick and a piece of construction paper. Instruct the children to cut out the shapes and assemble them on the construction paper. The children can also color the various pieces of the truck. This activity will help them with shape identification as well as exercising their motor skills.
Pass out a handful of straws and two plastic soda bottle caps to each child. Some of the straws will be full length and some will be cut in half. Distribute a glue stick and a piece of construction paper as well. Instruct the students to create a truck shape using the different lengths of straws. The plastic caps will form the truck wheels. Tell the students to glue the straws in place once they have reached the desired formation.
Distribute cut outs of a variety of different trucks, such as pick-up trucks, dump trucks, fire trucks and big rig trucks. Pass out cut outs of people and things that are related to the various trucks as well. This could include a fireman, a trash can, a box and a ladder. Hand out a piece of construction paper and a glue stick as well. Instruct the children to glue the trucks onto the construction paper next to the coordinating item or person. The students can complete the project by coloring in the shapes and trucks.