It is well documented that children learn best from first-hand experiences, so the topic of buses is ideal for drawing on children’s personal experiences of going on bus journeys and seeing them in their local environment.
IN THE SETTING
Provide role-play resources such as a ticket machine, timetables, mark-making equipment, driver’s hat, steering wheel and plenty of chairs.
Include toy buses and coaches in your small-world play. Encourage the children to use them for mark-making in sand, or by drawing their own bus routes – this can be done on a large scale outside with chalk or tape. Children could number their bus routes and plan bus stops and a destination.
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