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The Wheels on the Bus

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Children love to sing this repetitive children's song about the parts of a bus and what they do.  The school bus is both a fun vehicle but it's also a symbol of growing up.  The bus has many moving parts that make sounds and serve to help the bus function.  Taking the school bus is also a step towards independence as children leave home and enter a structure school setting.

Wheels on the Bus can be sung at circle time, at play dates and in the car.  Try coming up with other parts of the bus that you can sing about.  The melody of this song is based on the British song, Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush.

UNITS:  This song is a great accompaniment to lessons on transportation and travel.

WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THE SONG:  

ALICE LEON - vocals 
MONTESSORI CTR OF NYACK KIDS - vocals
STEVEN "MUDDY" ROUES - acoustic guitar, harmonica and acoustic bass
GREG TALENFELD - electric guitar 
CHIKU AWALI - African drums


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(note: full video coming soon)

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"Wheels on the Bus" - guitar lesson

Activity Suggestions

1. Teach lyrics to children
2. Do motion for each verse
* Wheels: roll arms in "hand over hand" motion
* Doors: hands outstretched and then together
* Windows: arms up and then down
* Wipers: mimic wipers with forearms going side to side
* Horn: tap open palm of hand on open palm of hand
* Babies: rub eyes and pretend to cry

Alternate Activity: Make up your own version of the song with other forms of transportation, i.e. The sails on the boat go flap, flap, flap. 

guitar chords

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Another 2 chord gem!  Kids LOVE this song.

Lyrics

The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round
'round and 'round
'round and 'round
The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round
All through the town

The doors on the bus go open and shut
open and shut
open and shut
The doors on the bus go open and shut
All through the town

The windows on the bus go up and down
up and down
up and down
The windows on the bus go up and down
All through the town

The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish
swish, swish, swish
swish, swish, swish
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish
All through the town

The horn on the bus go beep, beep, beep
beep, beep, beep
beep, beep, beep
The horn on the bus go beep, beep, beep
All through the town

The babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah
wah, wah, wah
wah, wah, wah
The babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah
All through the town
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