How Things Work Part 4

"The Wheels on the Bus" actually teaches your children how things work, which is the type of general knowledge they need to be ready for school.  Once you have sung this many times, try substituting places or events, for instance, "on our way to the library" or "on our way to the supermarket."  Include people who work in those places, for example, "the children's librarian says, 'Read, read, read,'" or "the cashier's register goes..."

Try This:  Sing "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round."  Encourage everyone to sing with you while accompanying the song with the traditional hand movements.

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 around each other.)

Repeat with other verses:  the wipers go swish, swish, swish; the horn goes beep, beep, beep; the doors go open and shut; the driver says, "Move on back"; the babies say, "Wah, wah, wah"; the parents say, "Shush, shush, shush."  Finish with another round of the first verse, "The wheels on the bus go round and round."

Information taken from The Early Literacy Kit by Betsy Diamant-Cohen and Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting

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