On the Go (Preschool)

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: Transportation Matching Game

*I ended up not doing this flannel because I couldn't find a flannel piece when I was setting up for storytime!  But the kids always love playing this game and telling me what I have gotten wrong on my flannelboard.  Check out how to do it on this website.

Book: Fred and Ted Like to Fly

*My favorite pick of storytime, but the kids didn’t enjoy it as much as I had hoped.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Kite

Pretty Kite, pretty kite, almost out of sight.

What do you spy, in the bright blue sky?

Shining bright, we can play and have fun,

Keeping us warm, it’s the big, round _____. (SUN)

It’s beautiful song is something we’ve heard,

Tweet, tweet, says my flying friend the ______. (BIRD)

Hazy and lazy, it shades a crowd,

Like a big marshmallow puff is a ______. (CLOUD)

It soars through the air, faster than a train,

The pilot’s the captain of the fast ______. (AIRPLANE)

Take a wonderful ride, a colorful afternoon,

Strings and a basket on the _____________. (HOT AIR BALLOON)

*The kids loved playing this guessing game!  Before I could finish reading the clues, they knew everything I was describing. I found this wonderful guessing game here.

Book/Flannel: Wheels on the Bus (Jungle Version)

*This is a stand-by and the kids went crazy over it today. You never know what is going to be a hit with them, and this was it!

Fingerplay/Flannel: My friend duck Is hidden behind a truck. Is my friend duck Behind the _____ truck?

*As usual, when we hunt for something on the flannelboard the kids go wild! Check out this cute game here!

Book: Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash!

*I love this book about garbage trucks! I ended up making a garbage truck to prop up on my puppet stage and had clip art of all the garbage from the book. As I read, I fed my garbage to the garbage truck. The kids enjoyed seeing the truck eat up all the stinky garbage.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Dump Trucks

Garbage truck, garbage truck, cleaning up town.

Do you see any garbage lying around?

Pick up the trash and match it to a truck, soon the whole town will be all cleaned up!

*This was so much fun, I plan on using it again this summer for our SRP. I found this great interactive idea here. The kids had an absolute blast throwing their garbage inside my box. I had a garbage truck taped to the front of my box.

Extra Read-Alouds:

Go! Go! Go! Stop!

Let’s Go For a Drive!

Old MacDonald Had a Truck

Steam Train, Dream Train

I can't find the website where I found the idea for our craft. Above is what we made today. The kids got to glue down the cars, wheels and windows.