Friday, September 27, 2013

Trucks

Openers:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi!
Tree Stretch


Isaac the Ice Cream Truck (Scott Santoro) 3-5
It's awfully tempting to think that we're not as special as those around us.  Isacc the Ice Cream Truck struggles with this too, and shares with us just how he realizes how important he really is.

Song:  Sticky, Sticky Ice Cream



Duck in the Truck (Jez Alborough) 2-5
With a rollicking, rhyming cadence that sweeps us right through this sticky story, we find out just what happens when duck gets his truck stuck in the muck...

Felt Board: Duck in the Muck







Matthew's Truck (Katherine Ayres) 2-3
This sweet story rolls us through a boy's imaginative play with is favorite toy.

 Felt Board: Blue Car, Blue Car

Take Home:
Letter Tracks truck/car activity

More Books! (from Story Time Source Page)
Toddler Read Alouds
Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell
Boy On the Bus by Penny Dale
Bridge is Up! by Babs Bell
Bus for Us by Suzanna Bloom
Clip Clop by Nicola Smee
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Duck’s Key, Where Can It Be? by Jan Alborough
Giddy-Up! Let’s Ride! by Flora McDonnell
How will You Get There, Maisy? by Lucy Cousins
My Big Rig by Jonathan London
My Car by Byron Barton
Old MacDonald Drives A Tractor by Don Carter
Sputter, Sputter, Sput! by Babs Bell

Preschool Read Alouds
Beep Beep by Anne Miranda
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen
Hush Little Digger by Ellen Olson-Brown
In the Driver’s Seat by Max Haynes
Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car by John Burningham
Night Light by Nicholas Blechman
Pete the Cat: The Wheels On the Bus by James Dean
Pugs in a Bug by Carolyn Crimi -- rhythmic and fun! 
Scrubbly Bubbly Car Wash by Irene O'Garden
Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
Sheep in A Jeep by Nancy Shaw
Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa by Jonathan London
Trucks Roll by George Ella Lyon
Vroomaloom Zoom by John Coy
Vroom! Vroom! by Steve Augarde
What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince
Wheels on the Race Car by Alex Zane
Who Is Driving? by Leo Timmers

School Age Read Alouds
All Aboard! by Susan Kuklin
Cows Going Past by Bruce Balan
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
From Kalamazoo to Timbuktu! by Harriet Ziefert
Hansel and Diesel by David Gordon
Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord
On the Go by Ann Morris
Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root
Sakes Alive, A Cattle Drive by Karma Wilson
Smash! Mash! Crash! by Barbara Odanaka
Ugly Truckling by David Gordon