Traffic Count

Ages3–7
TimeAbout 15 min
MessTidy

You need

  • A window or bench near a road
  • Paper with pictures of a car, bus, truck and bike

Let's play

  1. Watch the road for 10 minutes.
  2. Make a tally mark each time something passes.
  3. Count each column.
  4. Which kind did you see most? Least?
Grown-up tip: Use the Vehicle Graph printable to turn the tallies into a bar graph.

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