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
movement – songs & activities, books
and stories, props
• Songs: Wheels on the bus,
Down by the station with actions
• Felt board activity – how to
make a car story (made up by
teachers)
• What part of the car is this?
Game (cards with pictures and
words of different car parts)
Book Area titles of books, other items
• Pictures of different wheeled vehicles
both current and historic
• Nonfiction books required – see
parental involvement
• Fiction books: Two focus books - ‘Sheep
in a Jeep’ by Nancy Shaw, “Don’t Let the
Pigeon Drive the Bus! By Mo Williams
Writing/Drawing Center materials,
special items
• Photos/pictures of wheeled
automobiles to draw
• Cards with words and pictures of
wheeled automobiles
• Create how to fix your car book
with different pictures to stick in.

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
• Making wearable
cars/trains/trucks masks
• Transportation stamping
• Make your own traffic light
and items added to it
• Driving cars and trucks through sand
and dirt
• Car wash – washing dirty painted cars
in water with soap and brushes
• Car cutters in playdoh
• Car wash (children ‘driving’
themselves through a carwash)
• Car fixing/mechanic play
• Drive a bus (made out of large
cardboard box and older gaming
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.