Words to the wheels on the bus song is a very popular nursery rhyme, written by Verna Hill. The song was written sometime around 1939. This is a very popular nursery rhyme in the United States of America, Britain. Canada, and Australia. This song is very repetitive making it easy to sing for a group of people. This nursery rhyme is often sung on road trips to keep children engaged. This popular nursery rhyme has the same melody as the nursery rhyme; Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush.
Increases a Childs Imagination
When children hear the words to The Wheels On The Bus, they get mental images of a bus going down a road, the people on the bus, and the wheels. These nursey rhyme lyrics permits a child’s imagination to take them on a bus trip full of passengers The children imagine the windshield wipers going back and forth, the doors opening and closing, and more.
Phonics
This Nursery Rhyme is a great introduction to phonics. Children learn to manipulate alphabet sounds. Children also learn to identify different sounds.
Pitch and Volume
When we speak, we use different variations of volume to express different moods and emotions. Moods and emotions are also expressed through the pitch. Children sing the babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah in a loud voice, and they sing the mothers on the bus go shush, shush, shush in a quiet voice. Children also learn the difference in pitch when making a statement or expressing a command, when they sing these lyrics.
Teaches Children to think in a sequence.
Children first learn how to speak in single words. Then children learn to communicate in two words, and then they learn to speak in full sentences. The lyrics in wheels on the bus are full sentences, which help to facilitate the process of learning to speak in full sentences.
Increases the Vocabulary
Nursery rhymes introduce children to words that are not commonly used. Children 0-5 have very limited vocabulary. When children sing the lyrics, they learn to articulate the sounds that they hear on a bus. They also learn to describe the motions that they see on a bus.
Enhanced Motor Skills
This nursery rhyme has hand motions to go along with the lyrics. When the lyrics say the babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah, the hand motion requires the singer to rub fist in front of the eyes, etc. The hand motions are excellent for teaching children motor skills.
Group activity
Teachers can make singing Wheels On The Bus a group activity in school. Singing and doing the hand and body motion as a group is a great way for children to socialize and have fun.