It’s been a slow blog­ging month. This was a fit­ting sto­ry­time theme for me given all the travel I’ve been doing lately! I don’t do tod­dler sto­ry­times very often so it’s a bit tricky for me because I tend to for­get how short the sto­ries, but this time I had enough sto­ries and activ­i­ties and it came together pretty well.

Wake Up Engines by Denise Dowl­ing Mortensen

Song: Wheels on the Bus

A Train Goes Clickety-Clack by Jonathan London

Flan­nel­board Game: Where Does It Go?

Bridge is Up by Babs Bell

Hurry, hurry (Tune: Ten Lit­tle Indi­ans)
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck (x3) ERRRRRRR!
Hurry, hurry, ring the bell (x3) Ding, ding ding ding ding
Hurry hurry climb the lad­der (x3) climb, climb, climb, climb, climb (with motions)
Hurry, hurry squirt the water (x3), splash, splash, splash, splash, splash

Action Rhyme: Wind­shield Wiper
I’m a wind­shield wiper (bend arm at elbow and hold fin­gers up)
This is how I go (swing arm back and forth)
Back and forth, back and forth (con­tinue motion)
In the rain and snow

Red Light, Green Light by Anas­ta­sia Suen

Action Rhyme: “Green Says Go” (accom­pa­nied by green, yel­low and red felt cir­cles)
Green says, “Go!” (march quickly)
Go! Go! Go!
Yel­low says, “Slow!” (march slowly)
Slow…slow…slow
And red says, “Stop!” (stop and freeze)
Go! Go! Go! (march fast)
Slow…slow…slow (march slowly)
and STOP! (stop)
Credit: Tod­dler Sto­ry­time via Sto­ry­time Katie

The  Air­plane
The air­plane has  great big wings: (arms out­stretched)
Its pro­peller  spins around and sings, “Vvvvvv!” (make one arm go round)
The air­plane goes  up:  (lift arms)
The air­plane goes  down: (lower arms)
The air­plane flies  high  (arms out­stretched, turn body  around)
Over the  town!

Good Night Engines by Denise Dowl­ing Mortensen. A nice book­end to the begin­ning story by her.

Movie: Duck on a Bike by David Shannon

Update: Preschool Vehi­cles Sto­ry­time post may also be of interest.