Our road construction unit has been a fun, high-interest theme. But any construction theme is typically high interest. Here are some of our favorite construction books, featuring road construction books and including construction books of all kinds.
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Just choose books based on your child’s age and what you think will engage your child’s interest. I recommend checking out the “Look Inside the Book” feature on Amazon and reading reviews there. Another place to learn about a book is on YouTube. You can typically see the entire book there.
Montessori-friendly books use photos or realistic illustrations. They don’t have talking animals or a lot of fantasy. But many books that have fantasy and talking animals are wonderful books, and I love sharing them with children who understand the difference between fantasy and reality.
For toddlers and preschoolers, about ¾ of the books I use are typically Montessori friendly (focusing on reality without smiling or talking animals or smiling or talking vehicles).
Books for a Construction Theme
I’m featuring books here for a construction theme mainly for preschool through elementary-age kids. The books on our forward-facing shelf are all Montessori-friendly books.
Books for a Construction Theme
Top Shelf of Forward -Facing Display:
- The Ultimate Construction Site Book is perfect for children who love little details and are able to handle moving parts, since this book has over 60 lift-the-flaps, pop-ups, and pull-tabs. My 5-year-old grandson, Caleb, is in love with it!
- New Road! (only available used)
- Building Roads has lots of easy-to-understand information
2nd Shelf:
- A Book of Bridges: Here to There – and Me to You
- Building Landmarks – Bridges, Tunnels and Landmarks
- Building Bridges has many fun STEM ideas for bridge building along with information about many types of bridges.
3rd Shelf:
- Roadwork by Sally Sutton is a fun book that features repetition, rhyme, and onomatopoeias.
- Dirt Machines: Heavy-Duty Construction Vehicles
- Big Machines
4th Shelf:
Bottom Shelf
- Hooray for Construction Workers!
- Construction Workers Help
- A Day in the life of a Construction Worker
Across the room, we have some favorite fiction and nonfiction construction and vehicle books that aren’t all specifically related to road construction.
Montessori Shelf with Fun Construction Books
On our shelf is:
- Iggy Peck, Architect (The beginning of a great series!)
- Rosie Revere, Engineer (With lots of great related books!)
- Road Crew, Coming Through! (This isn’t a Montessori-style book, but it’s a fun book with lots of information about road construction.)
- Dump Truck Disco (This isn’t a Montessori-style book, but it’s part of the fabulous Barefoot Books Singalongs, a series my grandkids were obsessed with as toddlers and young preschoolers.)
Book Basket with Construction Books
Some other construction books we’re using that are in a book basket:
- Roadwork pages from The Big Book of Things That Go by DK (a great book for vehicle lovers).
- At the Construction Site pages from National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Things That Go. The book has lots of easy-to-understand information about vehicles of all kinds.
- 13 Bridges Children Should Know
- Meet the Gears: A Family of Engineers
- Construction Workers
- Construction Worker Tools
- Look at That Building! A First Book of Structures
- How a House is Built
- Explore the World of Man-Made Wonders (only available used)
- Sally Sutton Construction Crew Books (a fun series that’s a favorite with my grandson!)
You can see lots of the construction books as they’re published here.
More Montessori-Inspired Construction Resources and Activities
Construction Vehicle Toys on Amazon
Construction Puzzles on Amazon
Free Road Construction Printables and Montessori-Inspired Road Construction Activities
Roadwork: Road Construction Printable Pack for Hands-on Fun and Learning
Free Construction Printables and Montessori-Inspired Construction Activities
Free Construction Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Construction Vehicle Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Construction Vehicle Printables and Montessori-Inspired Construction Vehicle Activities
Montessori-Inspired Construction Unit
Free Construction Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
Montessori-Inspired Construction Printables for Preschool Through Early Elementary
Construction Unit Study Pinterest Board
For Vehicle Lovers: More Montessori-Inspired Transportation Resources and Activities
The Ultimate Montessori-Inspired Transportation Unit
- Free Construction Printables and Montessori-Inspired Construction Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Activities for Pre-Schoolers: Car Parking Game
- Free Transportation Printables and Montessori-Inspired Transportation Math Activities
- Free Construction Vehicle Printables and Montessori-Inspired Construction Vehicle Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Construction Unit
- Free Police Printables and Montessori-Inspired Police Activities
- Free Fire Safety Printables and Montessori-Inspired Fire Safety Activities
- Free Ambulance Printables and Montessori-Inspired Ambulance Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Train Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
- Free Train Printables and Montessori-Inspired Train Activities
- Free Car Printables and Montessori-Inspired Car Activities
- Super-Cool Beginning Reading Activity – Race Car Blending
- Free Car Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Car Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Fun Magnetic Vehicle STEM Trays and Activity Bags
- Spielgaben STEM Challenge: Build and Fly a Magnetic Airplane
- Montessori Resources for Land, Air, and Water Transportation Activities
- Transportation Unit Study Pinterest Board
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