Featuring our $5 Travel Dramatic Play Printable Kit
This week’s theme is T is for Travel — the perfect chance to spark curiosity, explore geography, and role-play exciting adventures around the world! With the Travel Dramatic Play Printable Kit, your FLISAT table transforms into a ticketing counter, baggage drop-off, or vacation planning station filled with maps, passports, and imagination.
🛒 What’s in the $5 Travel Printable Kit
This wanderlust-themed kit includes:
“T is for Travel” banner, awning, and travel agency or airport signs
Worksheets: letter T tracing, create-a-passport, and destination drawing prompts
Vocabulary cards: passport, suitcase, airplane, globe, map, ticket, etc.
Color palette includes teal, goldenrod, and navy blue
🧰 Materials You’ll Need
FLISAT table or sensory setup
Mini suitcases, play passports, or pretend tickets
Toy vehicles (planes, trains, cars)
Maps, globes, travel brochures or photos of destinations
Scoops, sorting trays, stickers, stamps
Small “souvenir” items (shells, mini landmarks, currency play)
✈️ How to Set Up Your Travel Sensory Bin
Print and hang your “T is for Travel” banner, awning, and destination signs.
Set out travel-related sensory items (mini globes, tickets, passports, suitcases).
Add sand, rice, or shredded paper as a base to represent different environments.
Place the vocabulary cards and laminated worksheets nearby.
Invite your child to role-play checking into a flight, packing bags, and exploring the world!
🎯 Learning Objectives by Age Group
6–12 mo: Tactile exploration of maps, globes, and textures (e.g. paper, fabric)
1–2 yrs: Pretend play with vehicles, basic location words (up/down, far/near)
2–3 yrs: Matching destinations, suitcase sorting, stamp and sticker recognition
3–4 yrs: Letter T tracing, talking about transportation and favorite places
4–5 yrs: Map reading, destination choosing, pretend passport and ticket play
💌 Free Bonus: A to Z Letter of the Week Guide
Don’t forget your Free Printable Letter of the Week Poster! Download the A–Z Letter of the Week Sensory Guide, with all 26 themes, links to products, and learning goals. You’ll also receive the Letter of the Week Email Series, with weekly reminders, bonus activity ideas, and links to new blog content.
All 26 Letter of the Week themes
Printable calendar
Links to each week’s setup
Email reminders with learning extensions
🧠 Tips to Extend the Activity
Create a Mini Airport: Use blocks or paper signs to designate check-in, baggage, and boarding zones.
Postcard Writing: Use printable postcards to “send” a note from your destination.
Play Currency Exchange: Introduce pretend play money and identify different coins or bills from around the world.
World Snack Tour: Serve international snacks (like croissants, rice crackers, or plantain chips).
Transportation Sorting: Sort vehicles by land, air, or sea using toy cars, planes, and boats.
📚 Related Activities
Printable Passport & Stamp Page
Pack the Suitcase Sorting Game
Geography Sticker Map Activity
Toy Vehicle Sink/Float Science Experiment
🔤 25 Vocabulary Words for “Travel” Theme
travel, trip, ticket, suitcase, passport, airplane, globe, map, destination, hotel, luggage, ride, explore, fly, jet, board, country, visit, pack, train, bus, airport, route, vacation, journey
📌 Pin It for Later
📍 Save this to your Travel Dramatic Play or Letter T Activities for Preschool Pinterest board — perfect for summer or pre-holiday learning themes!