Flannel Rhyme: “Traffic Light”
Green means “GO!” Go! Go! Go! (roll arms quickly)
Yellow means “Slow.” Slow… slow… slow. (roll arms slowly)
Red means “STOP!” (ASL sign for stop: one hand making a chopping motion onto flat opposite hand)
Go! Go! Go! (roll fast)
Slow… slow… slow… (roll slow)
STOP! (ASL sign for stop)
Action Rhyme: “Cranes Reach Up”
Cranes reach up,
Cranes reach down,
Cranes reach out,
And all around.
Book: City Shapes by Diana Murray, illustrated by Bryan Collier
Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round,
Round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town!
Additional verses:
Horn/beep-beep-beep
Wipers/swish-swish-swish
Doors/open and shut
Babies/up & down
Parents/I love you
Rhythm Rhyme: “A Hippopotamus Got On A City Bus”
(Slap thighs rhythmically until the last line of each verse.)
A hip, a hip, a hippopotamus,
Got on, got on, got on a city bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“You’re squishing us!” (hug/squish face)
A cow, a cow, a cow got on the bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“Moooove over!” (lean to side)
A snake, a snake, a snake got on the bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“Sssssssssit down!” (motion hand down)
A sheep, a sheep, a sheep got on the bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“Baaaaaack up!” (lean far back)
(Credit: Jbrary)
Book: Sabrina Sue Loves the City by Priscilla Burris or If You Were a City by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Francesca Sanna
Flannel: “Six Little Airplanes”
Six little airplanes flying around,
Zoom…zoom…zoom!
One decided to touch down …zoom!
Leaving 5 little airplanes flying around.
Repeat, counting down until there are no airplanes left.
Book: Subway by Anastasia Suen, illustrated by Karen Katz
