- pictures of different kinds of buses (e.g., coach bus, public transit bus, school bus, etc.)
- toy bus
- move
- roll
- wheel
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/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” #3
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STEM Key Concepts: Identify tools and simple machines used for a specific purpose (e.g., ramp, wheel, pulley, lever)
ELA Focus Skills: Gross Motor Skills, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary
Hold up a toy bus and tell children that you are going to teach them a song about a bus.
- Ask children to share what they know about buses. You may want to show the pictures of buses to help prompt children. Encourage them to tell about a time they saw a bus or rode in a bus.
- Encourage children to talk about how the bus helped them move from one place to another. Point to the wheels on the toy bus and show how they move as you explain that the wheels on the bus roll around and move the bus along.
Sing one verse at time and have children sing each verse after you. Encourage children to act out the motions with you as they sing.
The Wheels on the Bus
(place your fists in front of you and roll one over the other)
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.
(push your palm forward to mimic honking a car horn)
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.
(place open palms in front of you and move them left to right and back again)
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.
(pinch your fingers and motion dropping a coin down)
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.
(point and move your thumb over your shoulder)
The driver on the bus says “Move on back,
Move on back, move on back.”
The driver on the bus says “Move on back,”
All through the town.
(stand on your tip toes and then crouch down)
The people on the bus go up and down,
Up and down, up and down.
The people on the bus go up and down,
All through the town.
(make two fists, hold next to your eye, and roll up and down)
The babies on the bus go “Waa, waa, waa!
Waa, waa, waa! Waa, waa, waa!”
The babies on the bus go “Waa, waa, waa!”
All through the town.
(place index finger vertically over your lips)
The parents on the bus go “Shh, shh, shh;
Shh, shh, shh; shh, shh, shh.”
The parents on the bus go “Shh, shh, shh,”
All through the town.