First Day of School: Wheels on the Bus

First Day of School Activities.

The Wheels on the Bus song is a popular nursery rhyme and educational children’s song.

The Wheels on the Bus song teaches students parts of a bus (wheels, door, wipers, horn).

The Wheels on the Bus song is also a really fun children’s finger play for young learners.

It helps students build large motor skills, as the nursery rhyme uses a lot of movement.

It’s just great for circle time!

The lyrics to the Wheels on the Bus song can be found in our Songs & Lyrics section.

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Wheels on the Bus Learning Basics:

1. Gather students in a circle.
2. Play the Wheels on the Bus song.
3.  Encourage the kids to perform movements and sounds as they hear them in the song.

Wheels on the Bus Song Lyrics and Actions

The wheels on the bus go round and round.
Round and round. Round and round.
(Move your hands and arms round and round in a circle.)

The wheels on the bus go round and round. Round and round.
all through the town.
(Move your hands and arms round and round in a circle.)

The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish.
Swish swish swish. Swish swish swish.
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish.
Swish swish swish.
all through the town.
(Mimic the motion of windshield wipers with your hands and arms.)

The door on the bus goes open and shut.
Open and shut. Open and shut.
The door on the bus goes open and shut.
Open and shut.
all through the town.
(Open your hands on “open” and clap them together on “shut.”)

The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep.
Beep beep beep. Beep beep beep.
The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep.
Beep beep beep.
all through the town.
(Pretend to honk the horn on the steering wheel of a bus.)

The babies on the bus go wah wah wah.
Wah wah wah. Wah wah wah.
The babies on the bus go wah wah wah.
Wah wah wah.
all through the town.
(Place your hands next to your eyes and pretend to cry.)

The wheels on the bus go round and round.
Round and round. Round and round.
(Move your hands and arms round and round in a circle.)

The wheels on the bus go round and round. Round and round.
all through the town.
(Move your hands and arms round and round in a circle.)

Snack Recipe

After the Wheels on the Bus song has finished, introduce a really fun food recipe to the class.

A Twinkie School Bus!

Kids will have a blast making a snack with the Wheels on the Bus theme.

So, what are you waiting for?

Let’s get started on the recipe!

Wheels on the Bus

Ingredients you will need:

• 1 Twinkies
• 1/8 cup Yellow frosting
•  Knife (For frosting the bus, cutting the window squares and for carving out the front of the bus)
• 4 Gummy Lifesavers
• 1 Piece of black licorice

Cooking instructions:

Cut out one small rectangle for the hood and windshield from one end of the Twinkies.

Next, have the children spread yellow frosting on the Twinkies School Bus and add Gummy Lifesavers for the wheels.

Then, cut up the black licorice, so it can be used as windows for the Twinkies School Bus.  Once the pieces are cut, have the children place them at the front of the bus and along the sides.

And, voila, the children have now made a Twinkie School Bus!

We hope you’ll find a lot of ways to use the Wheels on the Bus song as a teaching tool at home or in the classroom with kids of all ages.

 

Created by Brilliant Beginnings Preschool; Recipe from Kiboomu