
TRANSPORTATION SONGS
Clip: 4/20/2023 | 10m 14sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Arielle Lewis from Education Through Music sings about the ways we travel to school.
Arielle Lewis from Education Through Music asks children to join her as she sings and taps “The Wheels on the Bus.” She explores different vehicles we can use to travel to school.
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TRANSPORTATION SONGS
Clip: 4/20/2023 | 10m 14sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Arielle Lewis from Education Through Music asks children to join her as she sings and taps “The Wheels on the Bus.” She explores different vehicles we can use to travel to school.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[cheerful folk music] ♪ Good morning, good morning ♪ I love to laugh and play ♪ Good morning, good morning to you ♪ ♪ Good morning, good morning ♪ I love to laugh and play ♪ Good morning, good morning to you ♪ Hello, everybody.
My name is Miss Lewis, and I'm here to do some music and have some fun with you today.
So today, I wanna talk about different types of transportation.
That's a big word.
Can everybody say transportation?
All transportation is the way that we ride when we're outside, whether we're walking, or whether we're in a car, or in a bus, on a boat, on a plane, or in a hot air balloon.
So on the count of three, I want everybody to say how they get to school in the morning, whether you stay at home, so you just say, I stay at home.
Or if you ride in a car, you say, in a car.
So on the count of three, let's say how we all get to school.
One, two, three.
On the bus.
[chuckles] Isn't it great how we all take different types of transportation to go to school?
I have a little song about that.
[cheerful ukulele music] ♪ I can ride a car ♪ I can drive ♪ I can ride the bus ♪ I can ride to go ♪ Go to school ♪ I can use my feet ♪ I can walk ♪ I walk with my friend ♪ And we talk on our way ♪ To go to school ♪ I can take a ship ♪ I can sail ♪ I can take a taxi ♪ I can hail to go ♪ Go to school ♪ I can ride a car ♪ I can drive ♪ I can ride the bus ♪ I can ride on my way ♪ To go to school ♪ I can use my feet ♪ I can walk ♪ I walk with my friend ♪ And we talk on our way ♪ To go to school ♪ I can ride a ship ♪ I can sail ♪ I can take a taxi ♪ I can hail on my way ♪ To go to school Look how many different types of transportation we talked about in just that short, little song.
We can ride a car.
We can ride the bus.
We can take a plane, a ship.
We can use our feet and walk.
There's so many different types of ways to get to school.
But today, I wanna talk about the bus.
Now some of us take the bus to go to school.
Me, I live in New York City, so I definitely have to take the bus to get to school.
I want you to help me sing a little song called "The Wheels on the Bus."
Do we know that song?
Raise your hand if you know "The Wheels on the Bus."
If not, it's okay 'cause I'm teaching everybody right now, all right?
So everybody just stop and listen.
[bright ukulele music] As I sing, I want everybody to roll their hands for me.
Can everybody roll their hands?
What do you think we're moving our hands like this for?
We're gonna be the wheels on the bus.
I need you to help us drive the bus.
So everybody, be the wheels.
[lighthearted ukulele music] ♪ 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 Now... Good job moving those arms, everybody.
Now I wanna sing that again, but I need your help.
This time, I need your help with the song, what I'm hearing.
Can everybody echo after me and say, wheels on the bus, [ukulele thumping] wheels on the bus?
[ukulele thumping continues] Do it together.
Say wheels on the bus, wheels on the bus.
[ukulele thumping continues] Now I'm gonna sing the song again, and I wanna hear everybody at home saying, wheels on the bus, [ukulele thumping] wheels on the bus, as I sing the song.
And if we get a little lost and we don't remember where to come in, [ukulele thumping] wheels, this will be going as I sing.
So if we all get lost, we can come right back in, all right?
[ukulele thumping] I want you to start it off for us.
So you start, wheels on the bus, wheels on the bus.
Good.
[ukulele thumping continues] ♪ 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 Excellent.
Did we keep up those wheels on the bus?
Everybody, that's called an ostinato pattern.
Can everybody say, ostinato?
I'm impressed.
Ostinato just means when we keep repeating, and echoing, and echoing something over and over again underneath the main part of the song, how I was going, ♪ Wheels on the bus And your ostinato was, wheels on the bus, [fingers snapping] wheels on the bus.
Good job.
Let's continue with the song.
[bright ukulele music] What else is on the bus?
How about those swipers on the bus going, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish?
Can I get everybody going, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish?
Keep that up.
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish.
♪ The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish ♪ ♪ Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish ♪ ♪ The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish ♪ Good job.
♪ All through the town Yes.
Good job, everybody.
What else is on the bus?
What about the bus driver on the bus?
Has anybody ever dealt with a bus driver on the bus?
We love the bus driver on the bus, but the bus driver is there to keep us safe.
So sometimes he needs to say, "Quiet on back."
Can everybody say, "Quiet on back"?
Because sometimes if there's too much ruckus on the bus, it's not safe.
So everybody's say, the driver on the bus says, "Quiet on back."
The driver on the bus says, "Quiet on back."
Say, "Quiet on back.
Quiet on back."
The driver on the bus says, "Quiet on back, quiet on..." Good job.
Everybody, say, quiet on back.
[ukulele thumping] Quiet on back.
Good.
Keep that ostinato pattern going.
Quiet on back.
Quiet on back.
I wanna hear that as I sing.
And quiet.
♪ The driver on the bus says, quiet on back ♪ ♪ Quiet on back, quiet on back ♪ The driver on the bus says, quiet on back ♪ ♪ All through the town Good.
♪ 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 Swish, swish.
♪ The swipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish ♪ ♪ Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish ♪ ♪ The swipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish ♪ ♪ All through the town ♪ The driver on the bus says, quiet on back ♪ ♪ Quiet on back, quiet on back ♪ The driver on the bus says, quiet on back ♪ ♪ All through the town Excellent job.
Can everybody give themselves a round of applause?
[Arielle clapping] Good job, everybody.
I hope you had fun with me today learning about different types of transportation because I had so much fun.
But now it's time to say goodbye, just until next time.
And I think I'm going to stand up and hop on the bus as my mode of transportation when I leave and say goodbye.
But before we go, can you help me sing the goodbye song?
Just echo after me.
♪ Goodbye, everyone [gentle ukulele music] ♪ Goodbye, everyone ♪ Goodbye, everyone ♪ It's time to say goodbye Thank you so much.
Until next time, everybody.
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