KIDDO.SCHOOLMake · Learn · Discover.Beep beep! Vroom! Choo choo! At two, vehicles are sound machines on wheels, wings and water — and this class meets twenty of them, with big cards and three quick games.
Nothing to read and nothing to test. A sound in, a sound back — a tap, a point or a giggle all count. A few playful minutes is plenty.
Eight little steps, in order: a welcome from your teacher, the vehicles in three small groups, solve the vehicle cards on paper, then a hunt off screen and cards to print. Every step stands on its own.
“Let’s meet some vehicles! Can you make their sounds with me?”
— Your Kiddo School teacher
Cars and rescue friends first. Say the name and the sound, then let your toddler have a go.
Five sounds to try. Make it big, wait a beat, and see what comes back.
Wheels, tracks and diggers. These ones rumble, ring and dig.
Now for the flyers, floaters and zoomers — up, away and all around.
The vehicle cards print two to a page, straight from your browser. Printed and cut, they become a week of sorting, naming and sound-making at the kitchen table.
Open the printable cards and print all twenty, two to a page. Cut them out together, naming each vehicle as it is cut.
Hold up a card and make its sound — beep, vroom, choo choo, nee-naw — then let your toddler conduct: card up, sound on.
Sort the cards into little fleets: things on the road, things in the sky, things on the water. Where-it-goes is real sorting work.
Pick three cards and count the wheels on each — one, two, lots. Counting inside a favourite topic is the friendliest maths there is.
Every card page has a Write & Color layer: your child can draw right on the card with a finger, a stylus or the mouse, then save the finished work. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Look out the window or take a walk. Spot a car, bus or truck and name it together.
Keep it playful and stay close by. One spotted bus is a complete class.
Print the cards for vehicle hunts, matching and sound games.
The same twenty cards from today’s class, two to a page. Any paper works — cards just need to be big enough to point at.
“Keep naming the vehicles you notice together today.”
— Your Kiddo School teacher
Your child doesn’t need to learn every card today. Follow what catches their interest.
Nice beeps, toots and choo choos together. However many rounds you played, however long it took, that was the whole class — and stopping early is allowed too.
A toddler who answers every vehicle with vroom is doing the class exactly right. Any sound back is them talking.
Bring sounds into the body — steer a car, chug your arms like a train, rock like a boat. Movement helps words stick.
Repeats are the point. The tenth choo choo is still funny — and still teaching.
Age ranges are a guide. Go at your child’s pace.
Your feedback helps us make Kiddo School better. This is feedback about the activity, for the grown-ups who make it — it is never about a child.
The cards from this class also live in the flashcards library — every card has its own page with the picture, the words to say together and a download button, ready for away-from-screen time.
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