The Busy City
Building Sizes and Shapes
low, short, tall, thin, two stories, wide
Vehicles
car, motorcycle, truck, wheels (turning, rolling)
Traffic Safety
green light/go; red light/stop; yellow light/slow down;
cross the street, listen, look, stop, walk, etc.; crosswalk, sidewalk,
stop sign, etc.
City Buildings
apartment, bakery, café, City Hall, fire
station,
flower store, hospital, library, market, school, shopping mall, store,
etc.
Building Materials
brick, glass, wood, etc.
Travel Around Town
Vehicles
bike, bus, car, delivery truck, fire truck, garbage
truck,
tow truck, truck, van, etc.
Parts of Vehicles
bicycles (frame, handlebars, pedals, seat, wheels,
etc.),
bus (horn, wheels, wipers, etc.), car (body, wheels, window, etc.),
shapes
(circle, rectangle, square, triangle)
Around Town
baker, bank, block, café, corner, hospital,
shopping
mall, street, etc.
Travel Afar
Travel by Air
airplane (luggage, seat, ticket, etc.), helicopter,
rocket,
spaceship
Travel on Land
bicycle, bus, car, cart, subway train, train
(choo-choo,
truck), truck, etc.
Travel on Water
boat, canoe, motorboat, rowboat, sailboat, tugboat
Undersea Travel
submarine
Hampton Brown.
Books
I Read Signs | Tana Hoban |
Sing a Song of People | Lois Lenski |
*Cotubook Shelley | Shelley Rotner and Ken Kreister |
Bicycle Race and School Bus | Donald Crews |
Trucks | Anne Rockwell |
*Wheels on the Bus | Raffi |
Freight Train | Donald Crews |
On the Go | Ann Morris |
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