Pinta tu mundo con el transporte /
Color Your World with Transportation
Books to Share
- Choferes de autobuses escolares by Dee Ready.
- Isaac the Ice Cream Truck by Scott Santoro.
- Lola viaja en avión and Lisa’s Airplane Trip by Anne Gutman.
- Nathan’s Balloon Adventure by Lulu Delacre.
- Sailor Moo: Cow At Sea by Lisa Wheeler.
- El tractor del granjero by Wendy Kanno.
- Teo descubre los medios de transporte by Violeta Denou.
- Teo encuentra los errores: un paseo en barco by Violeta Denou.
Bulletin Board
Read Aboard the Color Train
Enlarge the train engine and train car patterns and have your storytime kids color them. Put them on the bulletin board and name each train car after a book.
Name Tag
Copy and cut out the boat and airplane patterns at the end of this chapter and give them to the children as they enter storytime.
Rhyme
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Un caballo |
A Horse |
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(Tradicional) Por mi casa pasó un caballo |
(Translated by Rose Treviño.) A horse passed by my house |
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Arre, caballito |
Giddyup, Little Pony |
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(Tradicional) Arre, caballito |
(Translated by Rose Treviño.) Giddyup, little pony |
Songs
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Las ruedas del camión |
The Wheels on the Bus |
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(Spanish translation by Rose Treviño.) Las ruedas del camión La gente en el camión Los limpiadores del camión hacen La trompa del camión hace El dinero del camión hace Las luces del camión Los bebés en el camión lloran Las madres en el camión dicen El chofer del camión dice Las puertas del camión Las ruedas del camión… |
The wheels on the bus The people on the bus go The wipers on the bus go The horn on the bus goes The money on the bus goes The lights on the bus The babies on the bus go, The mothers on the bus go, The driver on the bus says The doors on the bus The wheels on the bus… |
| El barquito |
The Boat |
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(Tradicional) Habia una vez un barco chiquitito Pasaron una, dos, tres, cuatro, Y si la historia no les parece larga, |
(Translated by Rose Treviño.) There was once a small boat One, two, three, four, And if this story doesn't seem |
Game / Juego
El acitrón
This game is played in many Latin American countries. The children sit in a circle on the floor. Each child has a pen or stick that he/she passes to the right while reciting the rhyme below. The children keep the rhythm as they pick up another stick to pass on. On each beat, the children bang down a pen on the floor to the right near his/her neighbor. The children then pick up a new pen from the left. When they say “triqui” the first time, the children bang the pen or stick on the floor on their right. When they say “triqui” the second time, they grab the pen or stick on their left. When they say “Tron”, they pass stick to the right. Anyone who breaks the rhythm is eliminated until only one player is left.
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El acitrón (ah see THROWHN) |
The Beat |
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| (Tradicional) | (Translated by Rose Treviño.) |
| Acitrón de un fandango zango, zango, zango, Sabré, sabré, de farandela con su triqui, triqui, trón. |
Feel the beat of this fandango zango, zango, zango, Feel the beat of this fandango With the triqui, triqui, trón. |
Crafts
Sponge Boats
Materials
- Small sponges (one for each child)
- Toothpicks
- Paper
- Crayons
- Scissors
Directions
Pre-cut triangles for sails from the paper. Let children color and decorate sails. They then poke a toothpick through one side of the sail and out the other, leaving one end of the toothpick sticking down below the sail to anchor it to the sponge. The toothpick is a “mast” and the children press it into the sponge. Their boats are ready to set sail.
Guest Presenters
Invite a police officer from the Texas Department of Public Safety to talk about bicycle safety. Invite kids to bring their bicycles to have them checked for safety features.
Audio Recordings
- “El barquito” on De colores by José-Luis Orozco.
- “El carro de mi jefe” on Infantiles, volumen 3 by Hugo Liscano y Javier Galué.
Videos
- Barney's Round and Round We Go. (45 minutes)
- Trenes. (25 minutes)
