2018 Cars Story Time

Cars.  Traffic.  Traffic Lights.  Today let's celebrate cruisin'!

Welcome:  (to the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down)
                   Welcome to the library, library, library.  
                   Welcome to the library, please come inside and read.

4-finger rules of the library:
                   1.  Quiet (finger to lips)
                   2.  Eyes on me (2 fingers point to eyes)
                   3.  Listen ( 3 fingers make elephant ear)
                   4.  Walking only, no running (2 fingers "walk" on other 4-finger palm)

Mystery Bag: (matchbox car.)  What words do we use to describe it w/o seeing what it is.... small, hard, square... some kids can feel the wheels...

Word of the Day: English: car
                            Spanish: carro
                            Sign Language:  http://lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/c/cardrive.htm

BOOKS:  CAR WASH by Sandra Steen 
                 any TRUCKTOWN book by Jon Scieszka
                 MY CAR by Byron Barton
                 5 LITTLE MONKEYS WASH THE CAR by Eileen Christelow
                 RATTLETRAP CAR by Phyllis Root

Finger plays:  http://www.calautomuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Transportation-Songs-Pre-K.pdf


Craft:  traffic light cut & paste.  We cut them out for the kids in the interest of time and sanity.   Here's a link to the final product.  (You can do much smaller or larger dots, too.)  https://storytimekatie.com/2011/06/13/stop-and-go/ 

Closing Song:  Open, Shut them.  Open, shut them.  Raise your hands up high. 
                          Open, shut them.  Open, shut them.  Wave and say goodbye.