Transportation Out and About

Today was a fun day at school! We started the morning making a truck for our sensory activity. The kids identified the different shapes and used them to make the body, front of the truck and a window. Then the kids used their fingers to tear tissue paper and and crumble it into balls. We glued the paper to fill up the back of the truck.

Ms. Abby worked on balancing and jumping today. First the kids walked on the balance beam, hopped across the circles, then walked across another balance beam. The next activity had two kids racing. They walked down the balance beam, hopped into a big hoop, turned around, hopped back onto the balance beam and balanced to the finish line. Then the kids played red light, green light. They had to be careful walking since they were balancing rings on top of their heads! Our final activity was Simon Says. We followed different directions using our body parts.

After Ms. Abby it was time for our transportation Out and About. First we used our feet to walk to the light rail. Then we road the train into the city to ImaginOn. We had a transportation story time at the library. The library read four books. The first book was Toot, Toot, Beep, Beep. It was about lots of cars that were stuck in traffic. The second book was The Seals on the Bus. All the animals at the zoo get on the bus to head to a big party. The third book was Freight Train. We learned about the different colored trains. The last book was Clickety Clack. Everyone on the train was making lots of noise..until the conductor told them to be quiet. Between our stories we sang The Wheels on the Bus and Driving in my Car. When story time was over we headed to the transportation center. We found bus #19 to take us back to school. The kids thought it was fun riding the big bus back. Once we got to our bus stop we all got off the bus and walked back to school for lunch.

Everyone was very hungry and sleepy when we got back to school. We had just enough time to eat lunch before it was time to pack up and head home. It was a great day learning about transportation!