Wheels on the Bus

Activities:

All activities are aligned with VA approved standards and can be used with students in grades Pre-K through High School. 

• Math Strand Addressed:

  • Number/Number Sense

  • Measurement/Geometry

• Kids on the Bus Activity

  • Use the finger puppets to act out the song.

  • Use board # 4 on Go Talk 9+ to enable students to participate.

  • Students can point to or circle words with a dry erase marker.

• The Letter/Word on the Bus Says

  • attach a letter or sight word to the bus and sing the song using that letter/word

• Bus Manipulatives

  • sort buses by color

  • make patterns (red, blue, red, blue)

  • place the bus in various positional places (under chair, on table, etc.)

• Animals on the Bus

  • Pick an animal and sing, The animal on the bus says, “___, ___, ___”

• The Friend on the Bus

  • Practice the names of students in the class by singing about “my friend on the bus is”

• Pete the Cat

  • Activities to work on positional words

• School Bus Puzzle

  • Simple cardboard puzzle with sight words on back of puzzle pieces

• Bus ABCs

  • Match uppercase to lowercase letters

Suggested Additional Resources you can borrow from the T-TAC ODU Library  

• • All Turn It  Spinner (material # 303) - students can spin to select the next friend to sing about, select letters to match, pick an animal, select a book to read, etc. 

Web Resources:

• Pete Has a Set of Wheels

• Wheels on the Bus (YouTube video) With Real Pictures

• PrAACtical AAC

VDOE Resources: 

• Virginia's Early Learning & Development Standards ELDS 

• Introductory and Implementation Guidance Webinar on ELDS