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Bus Activities For Toddlers

October 13, 2013 by The Learning Basket 2 Comments

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white fillerIs your little boy into trucks, construction machines, jeeps, buses, and all kinds of vehicles that scream BOY? Mine is. Totally.

I read a pile of books about such marvels (monstrosities?) every single day. But I still have a difficult time identifying backhoes from pay loaders.

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Among all of Little Sir’s treasures, his current absolute favorite is “Ang Barumbadong Bus” by Rene O. Villanueva and published by Adarna House. Our copy is an almost-tattered one that we got as a hand-me down from my now eight-year-old nephew.

It’s a simple story about a reckless bus named Kas who suffers from his own arrogance and selfishness. We read it several times a day, with my two-year-old boy always asking for “badongbadong bus!” It’s a fun,fun book to expose a youngster to Filipino-language books.

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When he spoke in his sleep (“Where is the bus going?”) one night, I knew interest level was high and it was the perfect time for some gentle, bus-related activities.   He loves these two puzzles that we have…

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as well as this bus that I made on the wall with masking tape and the pieces of our  Extended Family Fun Game. He loves moving the people around.

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One time, he got his small drum set and pretended that it was a bus. The pedal is for gas – though there’s none for the brakes – and the cymbal is his steering wheel. His big sister got into the act too, and we had several days of “playing bus” with seats and tickets.

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And since he really loves all kinds of vehicles, he makes anything into a steering wheel – plates, hula hoops, and this round pillow that we have. In the picture below, he’s inside a box that we made into a castle when we read “The Duchess Bakes A Cake,” and is now a tractor (or any other vehicle he declares it to be).

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Of course, we sang “The Wheels On The Bus” and a Tagalog version that I made up. All these activities are unstructured and  child-led. I just set up the play environment, got out of the way, and observed the magic of play unfold. A target activity for the upcoming holiday is to ride on an actual bus!

There are so many resources around the web for bus- or vehicle-related activities. You can do crafts, make bus crackers, or just plain draw a favorite vehicle.

What do you do with your car/train/bus/truck-crazy little boy?

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