- sound
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “The Wheels on the Bus” #2
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STEM Key Concepts: Sounds have a source; Different objects make different sounds
ELA Focus Skills: Fine Motor Skills, Follow Directions, Speaking and Listening
Sing “The Wheels on the Bus" once through with children. Have them repeat the sounds and the motions after you.
Sing the song a second time. This time have children make up new lyrics for a sound. Encourage them to think about the sounds made by machines, animals, instruments, etc. For example,
- The horns on the cars go beep, beep beep; honk, honk, honk.
- The birds in the trees go chirp, chirp, chirp; tweet, tweet, tweet.
- The door on the house goes bang, bang, bang.
The Wheels on the Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town. (roll hands over each other)
The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish,"
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish.”
The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish”
All through the town. (put arms together in front of you and swish like windshield wipers)
The horn on the bus goes “Beep, beep, beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.”
The horn on the bus goes “Beep, beep, beep”
All through the town. (pretend to honk horn)
The money on the bus goes “Clink, clink, clink,
Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink.”
The money on the bus goes “Clink, clink, clink”
All through the town. (pretend to put money in cash box on bus)
The baby on the bus says, “Wah, wah, wah!
Wah, wah, wah! Wah, wah, wah!”
The baby on the bus says, “Wah, wah, wah!”
All through the town. (rub eyes with fists like a baby)
The people on the bus say, “Shh, shh, shh,
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh,”
The people on the bus say, “Shh, shh, shh”
All through the town. (put pointer finger to mouth to shhh)