Book: I Truck: A Big Rig’s Epic Trip by Kelly Rice Schmitt, illustrated by Jam Dong (abridged for time)
Ring Song: “The Wheels on the Truck” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
(Pretend rings are steering wheels)
The wheels on the truck go round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the truck go round and round
All through the town.
Additional verses:
Bucket/dig
Forks/forward and back
Dump box/up and down
Drum/spin
Trailer/back and forth
(Credit: Leah Portz)
Ring Song: “Drive, Drive, Drive” (Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
(Pretend rings are steering wheels)
Drive, drive, drive your truck,
All around the town,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Up the hills and down.
Turn, turn, turn the key,
Make the engine roar,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Let’s go to the store.
Press, press, press the pedal,
Give the engine gas,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Now we’re going fast.
Turn, turn, turn the wheel,
That is how we steer,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Make a turn right here.
Push, push, push the brake,
Make the car slow down,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Now we are in town.
Book: Three Grumpy Trucks by Todd Tarpley, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Truck”
Old MacDonald had a truck,
E I E I O!
And on this truck, he had some wheels,
E I E I O!
With a roll, roll here and a roll, roll there.
Here a roll, there a roll,
Everywhere a roll, roll!
Old MacDonald had a truck,
E I E I O!
Additional verses:
Wipers/swish
Horn/beep
(Credit: Green Tree Public Library)
Flannel Story: I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
