Wheels on the Bus!

Daily Question:  Have you ever ridden on a bus? Two of the students have!  When asked what color the bus each rode on--blue and pink.  Of course!  

(Parents, we will be sending practice sheets home to help with lines, circles, and other pre-writing shapes to assist in letters.  I am working on another method of "check in" that will be quick, fun, and part of a positive behavior program.  More to come on that but hopefully you will see it on Tuesday morning!)

Toys:  Giant Bus Floor Puzzle and Fisher Price Village (and Bus), Spaghetti Dolls and Bus, FP bus, and trucks. 

Snacks: Grapes, honey oatmeal granola bars, & banana chocolate chip bread

  Dade's Unbirthday*: Today in class we celebrated Dade.  Dade turns four soon.  His favorite colors include red, pink, and purple.  Dade is the youngest in his family and he has four older sisters.  He is not sure what toys he will get.  Dade likes to play with his good friend, William, and is meeting new friends in preschool.


Recess: The rain came and so we "made a rainstorm" inside with our hands, feet, fingers and mouth sounds. We watched a few minutes of Rosie and Rusty Raccoon teach us ABCs (Waterford Award Winning Pgm.)


Shapes:  We identified most of the major shapes as they appear on the bus; the door is a rectangle, the windows are squares, the wheels are circles, etc.  We had fun playing "I Spy" Shapes around our class room.


Our Class Bus Activity:  We had fun taking turns riding on our very own class bus and singing the song and acting out the movements in the song (after we read and discussed the book).

Books:
Bus Driver by Nancy Poydar

The Wheels on the Bus (Raffi Songs to Read) by Raffi and Sylvia Wiskstrom
The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort and G. Brian Karas
The Wheels on the Bus; A First Little Golden Book

Song:

The Wheels on the Bus

Coloring Page:  We had fun talking about and drawing "people, drivers, or animals" on our preschool school bus page.

*Pictures soon to be uploaded to this page.  Thanks for your patience.