Trash collector preschool activities

Ever since we first read Junk Yard I thought it would make a great sensory bin so this past week after reading the book we spontaneously put together this Junk Yard sensory bin and used it to play a fun counting game!

Community Helpers Week ( Trash Collector )

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Utility belt for my little preschool plumbers.

A fun recycling activity for preschoolers to learn about the 4 types of recyclable materials and how to sort the trash. Download the printable on Happy Tot Shelf blog.

Trash sensory table! Community Helper themed activities and centers for preschool pre-k and kindergarten. Plus FREE community signs & fire printable.

Here's my inspired post about Garbage Trucks! There are several great posts about trash that I drew from to make my storytime theme. There's this one at Libraryland and another great post at Miss Sarah Storytime. Here's a post at Read, Sarah, Read! and then a stinky, smelly storytime at Awesome Storytime. This post at Destination Storytime has a printable set of trashy Alphabet cards to play a game after reading I Stink! by Kate and Jim McMullen. I used a Google image that I printed and…

Just right for garbage truck fans or to use in storytime. Accompany with one of the garbage truck books out now.

Recycle markers into watercolors. It is so simple! You will never want to toss a dried-out marker in the trash again. Learn what to do here.

These FREE Printables make the perfect Easter Brain Breaks for the classroom. Also, find Easter songs for the classroom on this post!

Do your kids love trucks? Try our garbage truck counting game that's perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to practice number recognition and counting.

Garbage Truck Dump: Expressive Language Simple Sentence Building

Free from Lil Sprouts Home Preschool! Just download image and print. Perfect Tracing Preschool Garbage truck worksheet!

Trash Bash sensory bin created by Kidcasso Art Studio

Garbage Truck Drivers. Kindergarten sorting bean bags (trash) to the correct color can. FUN cooperation activity! @SmgMagnet @stuewe33 Thanks for idea.

Preschoolers love to learn about the world around them and the people in their community. Some of their favorite community helpers are sanitation engineers who come to pick up the garbage and recycling. With Earth Day right around the corner, it's a great time to teach children about the importance of recycling by transforming your dramatic play space into a recycling center.