Recommended for children 18 Months to 3 Years
Author
Hort, Lenny
Illustrator
Karas, G. Brian
Publisher
Macmillan (2003; ISBN: 9780805059526; Paperback)
Description
Different animals—including seals, tigers, geese, rabbits, monkeys, and more—make their own sounds as they ride all around the town on a bus.
Why raising readers Has Selected This Book
The song The Wheels on the Bus is taught to so many toddlers because of its great repetition, rhythm, and accompanying hand motions. We loved this version of the song as it brought so many interesting creatures and their songs crowding onto the old traditional bus.
Activities
Turn to the back pages of the raising readers edition of this book for different ways to use this read-aloud with your child.
Theme
Animals
Music, Games & Activities
Music, Games & Activities
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From the 2011 Early Literacy Calendar:
Children at this age are particularly intrigued by books that encourage listener involvement. The Seals on the Bus is a participation book where children chime in on familiar refrains. This predictable book is a silly take on a favorite song and includes many opportunities for noisy participation by children. The book’s natural rhythm provides children a chance to pay attention to repeating sounds in language. Revisit the story to allow children the opportunity to attend to beginning and ending sounds throughout the book. Point out the differences in font used to represent animal sounds versus the font used for repeating portions of the song. Allow children to add new animals and new verses to the song. Offer to write the new verse on a sheet of blank paper and encourage the child to create an illustration to match their text. If you are working with a classroom of children, create your own class book with verses and illustrations done by the students. Allow each child to take the book home to share with their families.
Other books to share with this age group:
Wheels on the Bus by Paul Zelinsky
Wheels On The Race Car by Alex
Zane
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet
and Allan Ahlberg
Just Look by Tana Hoban
Children at this age are particularly intrigued by books that encourage listener involvement. The Seals on the Bus is a participation book where children chime in on familiar refrains. This predictable book is a silly take on a favorite song and includes many opportunities for noisy participation by children. The book’s natural rhythm provides children a chance to pay attention to repeating sounds in language. Revisit the story to allow children the opportunity to attend to beginning and ending sounds throughout the book. Point out the differences in font used to represent animal sounds versus the font used for repeating portions of the song. Allow children to add new animals and new verses to the song. Offer to write the new verse on a sheet of blank paper and encourage the child to create an illustration to match their text. If you are working with a classroom of children, create your own class book with verses and illustrations done by the students. Allow each child to take the book home to share with their families.
Other books to share with this age group:
Wheels on the Bus by Paul Zelinsky
Wheels On The Race Car by Alex
Zane
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet
and Allan Ahlberg
Just Look by Tana Hoban
