Things That Go
Do you remember taking field trips as a child? You would leave the school holding hands with a partner, then enter the bus and take a seat on a hard, rectangular, gray leather seat-bench made for two. Everyone wanted to sit in the back so they could look out the window and pump their arms up and down when a big truck rolled by, hoping the driver would honk as he passed. We squealed at the sound of that horn!
Even today, children are often fascinated by things that go. Not only do they often move fast, things that go make noise, have unique shapes, and are usually colorful. Many times, they are also very big. To a small child, a car or a bus is an enormous and wondrous thing. They perceive the places they go as far off as we might imagine a spaceship that orbits the sun. We can use this natural curiosity that children have to read books and engage in activities with them that build their vocabulary about transportation.
Trucks on Trucks by Sorche Fairbank is a colorful book about trucks on the move. Each truck carries or pulls another truck with people or cargo. More than plot, this book focuses on presenting children with myriad trucks. Just trucks in different places around town. It is an excellent book for new readers to practice rhyming words, recognizing colors, and making comparisons. However, the book can also be used to develop interest in different forms of transportation.
In reading this book, children learn that there are many different kinds of trucks, and they expand their understanding about the types of trucks they see on the road. This month’s activity furthers children’s vocabulary development about different forms of transportation. It is a cut-and-paste activity that children can color, cut, and assemble to learn to spell transportation words.
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This month’s HoneyB3E’s activity sheet titled Things That Go helps children build their vocabulary of transportation words with a fun activity. Click below to download a copy for free.
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