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Juvenile Nonfiction - Transportation;
Juvenile Nonfiction - House & Home | Random
House Books for Young Readers | Hardcover | July
2006 | $7.99 | 978-0-375-83515-5 (0-375-83515-6) |
Grover and his friends, Elmo and Zoe, display and demonstrate many different types of the wonderful simple machines that make our lives so much easier (and more fun!).
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this title into your classroom curriculum:
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Everybody spin to this old favorite:
There was a girl named Lucy Finnegan
She would spin and spin and spin again
When she finished, she'd begin again
Poor Lucy Finnegan!
Spin again!
The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round . .
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Encourage children to come up with and act out their
own lyrics—for example, the wheels on the bike,
the tricycle, the skateboard, or the shopping cart.
Wheels
Sung to the tune of "The Ball Goes Round and Round"
The wheels go round and round
They stop at every town
And when the little bicycle stops
You are home
Think of as many other wheeled
things as you can, and add verses—for example,
a baby stroller, a bike with trainers, a wheelbarrow,
a grocery cart, etc. For younger children, place pictures
on a felt or magnetic board while you sing.
Did you know that a doorknob is a kind of wheel? Some
gears are wheels, too! Have the children see how many
different kinds of wheels they can find, then classify
them according to size, tread (if any), and function.
(Will anyone bring in a hamster wheel or a pinwheel?)
Encourage children to think of all sorts of wheels,
how they’re used, and where we’d be without
them.
Collect pictures of vehicles and other devices that
use wheels (these might include watch works, combination
locks, and pizza cutters). Use safety scissors to cut
out their wheel mechanisms. Let children attempt to
match the correct wheels to the vehicles and devices
that require them.
Find pictures of all sorts of conveyances—have
children glue pasta “wheels” on in place
of the photographed wheels. Fun!
Paint with wheels! Invite children
to bring in small wheeled toys. Have the children run
these through shallow pans of paint, then across art
paper. Different tread patterns and different colors
will combine to create a wheely great piece of art!
Cars
and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry
Wheels
by Annie Cobb
How
Stuff Works
Enter “wheel” in the search box to find
out how lots of wheels, including roller coasters and
locks, work!
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