Races

This week's theme is about racing. Race cars, rocket ships, traffic lights...if it's about racing, we did it!

Books:

Toddler Books:

OK GO - Carin Berger
Bicycle Race - Donald Crews

Race Car Count - Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Race Day - Gail Tuchman

Preschool Books:

Race Car Count - Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Number One Sam - Greg Pizzoli

Race Day - Gail Tuchman

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Traffic Lights:

STOP says the red light, GO says the green,

Now just WAIT says the yellow in between.

That's what they say and that's what they mean,

And we all must obey them, even the queen!

Source: Jbrary

*I do the sign for "stop", "go", "wait", "say", "mean", and "queen."

Five Fast Rockets (flannel):

One fast rocket, blasting off to space,

Here comes another, now they can race!

Count up...2, 3, 4, 5...

Five fast rockets, let the race begin!

They'll circle the moon, then home they'll zoom!

Which do you think will win?

Source: Lisa's Library Land

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom:

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon,

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon,

If you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocketship,

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon.

In 5...4...3...2...1...BLAST OFF!!!

Source: Jbrary

*Always a favorite, but it works as a follow-up after the rocketship flannel.