How Do You Get to School? Lesson Plan

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What We Are Learning
 

Social Studies Focus:

transportation

 

Theme Vocabulary Words:

school bus, scooter, car, bicycle, train

 

Skills We’re Practicing:

group discussion, critical thinking, vocabulary, relationship skills, fine-motor skills

  • Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes follows Pete as he visits different places in his school, some of which are new to him. When you’re done, give each child the chance to rock in their school shoes by singing the song and subbing in their names.

Bus Picture Frame

Materials: 4 1/2-inch craft sticks (7 for each child), liquid glue, paintbrushes, yellow and red paint, black marker, 3x5-inch photo of each child or a 3x5-inch each child

  • This craft makes a great keepsake to send home to families!
  • Give each child 7 craft sticks. Guide them in creating the left and right sides of the frame by placing 2 craft sticks parallel to each other (pointing up and down) and spaced the length of a craft stick apart.
  • Next, make the top of the bus. Apply a few dabs of glue to the tops of the parallel craft sticks. Lay 2 craft sticks horizontally across the glued parts.
  • Then, make the bottom of the bus. Apply a few dabs of glue near the bottoms of the parallel craft sticks, leaving a little space at the bottom. Then lay the 3 remaining craft sticks horizontally across the glue.
  • Paint the frame yellow. Add 2 red dots of paint for taillights. Color the bottoms of the left and right craft sticks black to make the wheels.
  • Last, glue a photo of each child to the frame so the child’s face shows through. You can also have children glue a self-portrait to the frame. fine-motor skills

Materials: chart paper, markers, sticky notes in various colors

  • Practice graphing and counting skills with this simple activity.
  • On a chart paper, make a graph with columns for modes of transportation that children use to get to school. Use a different color for each column.
  • Set out sticky notes that match the colors used in the graph. For example, if you wrote scooter in blue, use blue sticky notes to represent riding a scooter. Then ask each child how they got to school that morning and give them a sticky note in the matching color. Have children write their name on their sticky note and stick it in its column on the graph.
  • Once each child has had a turn to share, discuss the completed chart. Count the number of sticky notes in each column. Which column has the most sticky notes? Which one has the fewest sticky notes? Then talk about what the data reveals! handwriting/graphing/counting