The Trans­porta­tion Sto­ry­time I posted last year was geared to Tod­dlers. This sto­ry­time plan works bet­ter with preschool­ers since some of the sto­ries are longer (The Scrub­bly Bub­bly Car Wash) or require a level of knowl­edge for full par­tic­i­pa­tion (like Who is Dri­ving?) that most tod­dlers aren’t ready for.

What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince, ill by Giles Laroche

Wheels on the Trike
The wheels on the trike go round and round,
Round and Round, round and round
The wheels on the trike go round and round
All through the town

The ped­als on the trike go up and down…
The stream­ers on the trike go swish-swish-swish…
The bell on the trike goes ding-a-ling-a-ling…

Scrub­bly Bub­bly Car Wash by Irene O’Garden, illus­trated by Cyn­thia Jabar

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

Who is Dri­ving? by Leo Tim­mers — A fun inter­ac­tive guess­ing story. A neg­a­tive (the lack of con­nec­tion between many of the pan­els) can be a pos­i­tive if the kids are get­ting rest­less because you can eas­ily just do parts of the book.

Action Rhyme: “Green Says Go”
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

Fast Food by Sax­ton Frey­mann — So fun to see the cars and more made from fruits and vegetables!

Flan­nel­board: Where Does It Go? After some fum­bling around, we get the vehi­cles to their proper surface.

Road Work Ahead by Anas­ta­sia Suen — Can’t end sto­ry­time until includ­ing preschool­ers’ beloved con­struc­tion vehicles!