How people travelled

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 15 minutes

Read together

Long ago people walked, or rode animals, or sailed in boats.

Then came wheels, trains, cars and planes.

Do it

1. Make a line of picture cards: walking, boat, horse or buffalo cart, train, car, jeepney, plane.
2. Put them in order from oldest to newest, with help.
3. Talk about how long it takes to travel a small distance on each.
4. Make a paper plane and fly it. Then walk the same distance. Which is faster?

Talk about it

• Which would you like to ride?
• How do we travel to church or school?

For the grown-up

People have used wheels for about five thousand years. The Wright brothers made the first powered, controlled aeroplane flights in 1903. In the Philippines, jeepneys began after the Second World War by rebuilding army jeeps.

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Where this comes from

• David W. Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language (Princeton University Press, 2007)
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, “The Wright Brothers: The Invention of the Aerial Age” (the first flights of December 17, 1903)
• Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, entry on the jeepney

Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed. Please read it before sharing it with a child.