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Here are some ideas to make your
transportation unit special.
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*Trains* |
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*Trucks* |
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*Boats* |
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*Construction* |
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*Airplanes* |
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*Miscellaneous* |
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Music
Music is an important part of
any Early Childhood program.
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Songs/Fingerplays |
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Things That Go
Junior Jukebox |
Let's Ride CD
Junior Jukebox
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T-R-U-C-K
*see words
below* |
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Row, Row, Row Your
Boat
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Rosie the Little Red
Car
*see words
below* |
C-A-R
*see words
below* |
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Clickety Clack
Witches Brew album:
Hap Palmer |
The Wheels on the Bus
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Down By the Station |
For links to the
musical artists click
here to go to the music
page.
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T-R-U-C-K
(tune:
B-I-N-G-O)
Look at my big shiny truck,
I'm driving it today-o!
T-R-U-C-K
T-R-U-C-K
T-R-U-C-K
I'm driving it today-O!
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C-A-R
(tune:
B-I-N-G-O)
Look at my bright shiny car,
I'm driving it today-o!
C-A-R (beep! beep!)
C-A-R (beep! beep!)
I'm driving it today-O! |
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Rosie the Little
Red Car
Rosie the little red car,
Rosie the little red car,
You're just not living until you've driven in,
Rosie the little red car!
Headlights blink as she goes by,
(open and
close your fists)
Windshield wipers wave good-bye,
(make
motions with arms like windshield wipers)
Road hogs she can pass with ease,
She just says, "Move over please!"
(put hands
on hips and wiggle hips)
Rosie the little red car,
Rosie the little red car,
You're just not living until you've driven in,
Rosie the little red car!
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Activities
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Activity |
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Magic Stop Sign |
Materials: fingerpaint paper, red paint, paint
brushes, scissors, masking tape.
Take one
large piece of fingerpaint paper for each child. Using the
scissors cut strips of masking tape and stick the tape to the
paper to spell out the word "Stop". Have students
paint their papers with red paint all over, completely covering
the masking tape. When the paint is dry you can carefully
peel the tape off to reveal the word "Stop". Use the
scissors to cut the paper into a stop sign shape.
The same idea could be used to make "yield" and other traffic
signs. |

Shape Train |
Materials:
construction paper- various colors, scissors, glue stick,
crayons.
Have the
students cut out various shapes (rectangles, circles, squares,
etc) and glue together to make a part of a train. They can
use crayons to write their names on the side of the train.
When everybody is finished, assemble the "name train" on the
wall in the classroom or on a bulletin board. Make sure to
make one for yourself and place it in front :) |

Fingerpaint Tracks |
Materials:
several matchbox cars or other small cars with moveable wheels,
fingerpaint, fingerpaint paper or butcher paper, paint- various
colors.
Place
several different colors of paint in bowls or pie tins,
containers need to be big enough for the cars to sit in.
Next, give each student a sheet of fingerpaint paper OR use a
large sheet of butcher paper to make a class mural.
"Drive" the cars in the paint and across the paper to create
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Transportation
Graph |
Materials:
Butcher paper, construction paper, crayons, glue.
Create a
graph using the butcher paper with a place for each form of
transportation (car, truck, train, airplane etc). Give
each student a square of construction paper and them to draw
their favorite form of transportation and write their name. When finished,
students glue their pictures on the graph in the appropriate
place.
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Traffic Light |
Materials:
red, yellow, green, and black construction paper, glue,
scissors.
Have
students cut red, yellow, and green circles for the traffic
lights. Next, have them cut one large black rectangle and
glue the circles on in the appropriate order to create a traffic
light. |
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Shape Sail Boat
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Materials: blue and white construction paper,
crayons, glue, scissors.
Have
students cut triangles with the white paper. Next, ask
them to glue the triangles on the blue paper to make the sail.
Use the crayons to make the boat body and other features on the
blue paper. |
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