Wheels on the bus rhyme is one of the most popular nursery school and kindergarten rhymes. Teachers prefer to teach kids this particular rhyme since it has some accrued benefits. Moreover, this is a super simple rhyme easy for kids to grasp.
There are multiple illustrations in which wheels on the bus rhyme can be displayed in the classroom. The easiest and ideal way to present the rhyme is through school bus youtube videos. As the kids recite the rhyme, the videos are displayed in the screen so that kids can understand what they are really talking about.
Wheels on the bus song can also be displayed through bus art and craft. To make it easier, every kid is provided with a bus art and craft with major components of a bus. They are able to interact with the craft and thus boost their understanding.
The rhyme can also be illustrated via the actual school bus. This is also an ideal way to point out the major components of the school bus as the lyrics of the wheels on the bus go round and round lyrics suggests.
The following materials are essential when planning for the wheels on the bus for the classroom. You will need printable such as wheels on the bus posters, lesson sheets, bus draw worksheet, and the readers worksheet.
Flashcards resources such as bus, drivers, and babbles. The wheels on the bus song must also be available so that kids can recite. The following equipment for the wheels on the bus for classroom must be available:
Black board with markers or chalks, crayons, CD tape to play the downloaded rhyme, Sticker to stick the pictures on the wall, large sized A4 for each student, drivers cap, and pencils.
Wheels on the bus for classroom Lesson Procedure
Introduce the rhyme through a drawing – draw a large illustration of a picture on a black/whiteboard through a chalk or a pen. Since the lyrics of the rhyme emphasizes on ‘go round and round’, shade the wheels so that kids can understand the rhyme in an easy way.Draw the wipers and ensure that kids illustrate this through movements by their arms. Draw the steering wheel and horn due to the lyrics ‘horn and beep‘. After this, draw the doors and windows and instruct kids to practice through opening and closing with their arms.
Play the wheels on the bus video – through computers and screens, play the downloaded video so that kids can engage in the relevant activities.Once the video has completed to play, you can either play the lyrics video of the wheels on the bus rhyme or instruct them to recite.
Importance of wheels on the bus classroom