Name: Study of Wheeled Vehicles School: BAJ Academy Age of Children: 2-3 year old’s
Children’s Interests, “Big Ideas”: This study was developed based on three students (Amy, Daniel and James) talking about getting a
new family car
Learning Objectives for the week:
• To introduce new language about wheeled vehicles (cars/trucks/trains)
• To explore how wheeled vehicles work
• To encourage fine and gross motor development while exploring wheeled vehicle activities
Circle/Group Time music and Book Area titles of books, other items Writing/Drawing Center materials,
movement – songs & activities, books • Pictures of different wheeled vehicles special items
and stories, props both current and historic • Photos/pictures of wheeled
• Songs: Wheels on the bus, • Nonfiction books required – see automobiles to draw
Down by the station with actions parental involvement • Cards with words and pictures of
• Felt board activity – how to • Fiction books: Two focus books - ‘Sheep wheeled automobiles
make a car story (made up by in a Jeep’ by Nancy Shaw, “Don’t Let the • Create how to fix your car book
teachers) Pigeon Drive the Bus! By Mo Williams with different pictures to stick in.
• What part of the car is this?
Game (cards with pictures and
words of different car parts)
Science & Math Discovery Manipulative Block Area additions/ideas
• ‘What color is your car?’ survey • Car/train/truck wooden puzzles • Building a road with blocks
and graph results • Train set • Provide car logos to make a car
• Counting wheels on pictures of factory and store
vehicles
• Magnifying glasses with toy
cars
Art Activities description/materials Sand/Water/Sensory/Playdough/Clay materials Dramatic Play
• Painting with cars and items added to it • Car wash (children ‘driving’
• Making wearable • Driving cars and trucks through sand themselves through a carwash)
cars/trains/trucks masks and dirt • Car fixing/mechanic play
• Transportation stamping • Car wash – washing dirty painted cars • Drive a bus (made out of large
• Make your own traffic light in water with soap and brushes cardboard box and older gaming
• Car cutters in playdoh steering wheel)
Nature items in the classroom: OUTDOOR IDEAS Parent Involvement/Communication
• Tree cookies • Count the cars in the playground • Visit from Sam’s dad with his tow
• Rocks • Red Light/Green Light Game truck
• Greenery to • Rolling balls like wheels on cars • Ask parents to talk about their
create natural environment for • Wheeled automobiles in the sandpit. cars with their children for math
vehicular to drive through in activity
sensory table and block area • Ask parent to bring in any old
car manuals for book area
Future Planning –ideas to extend and sustain: (Ways to build on children’s interests and excitement)
• Drive a bus dramatic play interested kids, so we are going to have costumes, shopping bags, tickets, money to exchange,
have bus stop sign and continue language around stop and crossing road.
• Will plan a bus trip for the children to go on. Maybe bus to the shops/library.
• Some children mentioned firetrucks this week, will develop a plan for professional vehicles (e.g. fire truck, police vehicle, post
office)
• The children (Kate, Robert and Nick) took an interest in the construction vehicles and have been looking at Goodnight,
Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Dusky Rinker. Will develop a construction vehicle week. Note: Sarah’s dad drives a crane.
