 Farming & Transportation > The Tractor
What is a tractor?
The farm
tractor or agricultural tractor is probably the most important and
valuable piece of equipment that a farmer
has to do his job. Farm machinery and trailers are pieces of
farming equipment that are attached to the rear of the tractor for
various tasks.
Alphabet Activity > Letter T is for Tractor
Present and display your option of alphabet printable
materials listed in the materials column.
Children
Ages 3 and under:
* Print a
letter T coloring page D'Nealian or Standard
Block and a tractor
coloring page behind it or on a
separate page if using finger paints to decorate later. Discuss
other letter T words found on the worksheet.
* Finger Tracing: Trace letter T's in upper and lower case with your finger as you also
sound out the letter. Invite the children to do the same on
their coloring page.
* Children can trace and color the letter T's. After completing
coloring the letter, encourage children to color the tractor coloring page
and write letter T t and the word tractor on the margins.
Children
Ages 3+ to 6:
1. Letter T Tractor Flash Card and Craft > Visit this
activity to recognize, trace lower case letter T and make a
printable tractor craft.
2. Letter T words: Letter
T Worksheet and Mini Book> These materials can be used
to reinforce letter practice and to identify related T words. Read suggested instructions for using the worksheet
and mini-book.
Finger and Pencil Tracing: Trace letter T's in upper and lower case with your finger as you also sound out the
letter. Invite the children to do the same on their coloring
page.
Encourage the children to trace the dotted letter,
and demonstrate the direction of the arrows and numbers that help them trace the
letter correctly. During the demonstration, you may want to
count out loud as you trace so children become aware of how the number
order aids them in the writing process.
Find the letter T's: Have the children find all the
letter T's in upper and lower case on the page and encourage them to circle
or trace/shade them first. Visit each child to make sure they
have identified the letter T's and then discuss the locations with the
worksheet.
Coloring Activity: Encourage
the children to color the images in the
worksheet.
Discuss other letter T words and images found in the worksheet. You can also display other T posters and
coloring pages or even make a letter T classroom book using coloring
images or color posters. Visit Letter
T Printable Activities to make your choice.
Letter T Word
Search & Handwriting Practice: The six word search game features a tractor and letter T
words with pictures and handwriting practice.
Advanced independent handwriting practice:
1. Print your choice of printable
lined-paper and encourage children to draw a tractor behind
the page or print atractor coloring
page.
2. Drawing
and writing paper Encourage children to draw, color and
decorate a tractor and
write letter T t.
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Letter T coloring
page
D'Nealian
Standard
Block
Letter T and Tractor Craft Activities
Letter
T Worksheet & Mini-Book
D'Nealian & Standard block
Word
Search & writing
Drawing & writing paper
Printable
lined-paper
Tractor
coloring page
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