Storytime: Cars and Trucks

Family Storytime for ages 3-8


Books:

Rattletrap Car

by Phyllis Root and pictures by Jill Barton

My Truck is Stuck!

By Kevin Lewis and Daniel Kirk

Truckery Rhymes

By Jon Scieszka and pictures by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon

Seals on the Bus

By Lenny Hort and pictures by G. Brian Karas

Additional Books:

Alphabeep by Debora Pearson ad pictures by Edward Miller

Big Wheels by Anne Rockwell

Choo Choo Clickety-Clack! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe

I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges and pictures by Shari Halpern

This Car by Paul Collicutt

A Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa by Jonathan London and pictures by Denis Roche

Songs:

Car Song

Sung to: "Bingo"

Before the song, practice putting on your seatbelts, and turning the ignition.  "Drive" your car while you sing.

Look at my bright shiny car
I'm driving it today.
C - A - R (BEEP! BEEP!)
C - A - R (BEEP! BEEP!)
C - A - R (BEEP! BEEP!)

I'm driving it today!

Wheels on the Bus (of course)

Craft: 

Tire Track Painting

Put out a bunch of toy cars and stamp pads.  Let the kids roll the cars over the stamp pads and "drive" them over the paper.  When they are done put out buckets of soapy water and little sponges and let the kids have a "car wash".  My kids liked the soapy water better than the craft.  The second time I did this craft I put leftover tops of deli trays (see left) under the bins of soapy water.  Easy craft and very fun.