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MANDEL PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF WEST PALM BEACH
DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS
HOW TO USE DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS STORYTIME KIT
Use the link on the Virtual Storytime Page to watch
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Storytime.
This page is password protected. Password has been provided by the program administrator.
After watching the storytime, use the components from the class Storytime Kits
provided by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach to:
1. Enjoy Rhyme Cards with your class.
2. Practice the Word of the Week with your class.
3. Complete this week's craft.
4. Introduce this week's Literacy Tip into your curriculum.
STORYTIME WITH MS. JEANNE
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus storytime is available on the Storytime Video Access page of this website. This page is password protected and accessible only to preschools participating in
the Mandel Public Library's Virtual Storytime and Kit program.
The password has been provided to you by the program coordinator.
BOOK:
DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS
A bus driver taking a break from his route finds a very unlikely volunteer offering to take over his job - a pigeon! When he doesn't get his way, the pigeon begs and pleads his way through the book with readers getting to answer back to decide his fate. Mo Willems perfectly captures a preschoolers temper tantrum and young readers will laugh both at the pigeon
and maybe a bit at themselves as well in this funny book!
RHYME: TWO LITTLE BLACKBIRDS
Two little blackbirds
Sitting on a hill
One named Jack
One named Jill
Fly away Jack
Fly away Jill
Come back Jack
Come back Jill
Printable Rhyme Cards Here
DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS WORD OF THE WEEK
Use this week's Word of the Week, BUS, to extend your learning:
1. Say and trace each letter of this week's word.
2. Sound out a word letter–by-letter.
3. Think of other words that rhyme with bus. These can be real words
or made-up ones that are silly and non-sensical!
Link to printable Word of the Week sheet here:
bus
CRAFT
Children will create their own Pigeon!
Directions:
Each child will receive:
1 Pigeon
1 Google Eye
Feathers
1 "No" Necklace
1. Glue feathers all over the paper Pigeon.
2. Glue the eye to Pigeon's head.
3. Attach the “No” necklace around Pigeon’s neck.
(Gently press Pigeon's head and fit it through the “No” necklace.)
Link to "No" Necklace template here.
LITERACY TIP
In this storytime, Ms. Jeanne featured the beloved song, "The Wheels on the Bus." This song actually teaches children how things work, which is the kind of general knowledge every child needs to be ready for Kindergarten. After singing this song with your class, try substituting different places you may be going in place of "all through the town," such as "on the way to the library" or "on our way to school." Include people who work in those places, for example the librarian says "read, read, read" or the teacher says "we love to learn!"