It’s Back-to-School time! Before we start our Alphabet Preschool program, we started this year with a some back-to-school activities. Here are our School Bus projects.
- I was inspired by a similar activity at Kidssoup.com. I upgraded to a homemade wooden puzzle version of their activity (see my School Bus DIY on Preschool Alphabet’s Instagram story highlight).
- Go to Kidssoup.com to get their project, or find a clipart of a school bus and children. Add a spot where you can change the number.
- For your preschooler, change the number on the bus and have them count out that many kids that go on the school bus. *My bus only goes up to 5, you can make yours to have more or less, depending.
**My 2 year old loved putting together my wooden puzzle as well!
- If you want to make the DIY School Bus I made, you need:
- High Density MDF 1/4” (at Home Depot or Lowes)
- A School Bus design (or draw your own like I did)
- A scroll saw and drill press (to make the holes to cut out the windows)
- paint – yellow, grey, black and white and paint brushes
- A little square of sticker vinyl
- Perler beads - for the puzzle piece handles
- School Bus Shapes
- 1 Big yellow rectangle
- 1 Small yellow rectangle
- White squares
- 1 Medium White rectangle
- 2 Black circles
- 1 Long skinny black rectangle
- Tell your preschooler to find a certain shape and glue it on their paper. [ie: find the big yellow rectangle]
- OR – they can put together the bus however they want, but have them tell you what shape and color they are gluing down.
- Sing “Wheels on the Bus” with the actions!
- The wheels on the bus go Round and round
- The babies on the bus say Waaah waah waah
- The doors on the bus go Open and close
- The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
- The driver on the bus says Move on back
- The people on the bus go Up and down
- The mommies on the bus say Shhh shhh shhh
- The horn on the bus goes Beep beep beep
- ETC!
-Kiley