Materials
- red, yellow, green, and black felt
- scissors
- felt board
- blank cassette tape
- tape player
What to do
1. Cut out a traffic light outline from black felt. Cut out three 2" circles, one red, one yellow, and one green.
2. Find a recording of the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Traffic Light" (found on the album Piggyback Songs). If this particular song is not available, substitute any of the versions of "Where Is My Red Light?" (sung to the tune of "Where Is Thumbkin?").
3. Make a recording of the children singing the song.
4. Put the traffic light, circles, and felt board in the listening center along with a recording of the song.
5. Encourage the children to listen to the song and manipulate the felt board pieces during free choice time.
-Jackie Wright, Enid, OK
Instructions
1. Give each child a
piece of black paper
and an empty paper
towel roll.
2. Ask children to tape
black paper over one
open end of the
paper towel tube.
3. Demonstrate how to
use a pencil to poke
holes in the black
paper on the end of
the paper towel roll.
4. Encourage the
children to look into
the other end of the
roll as if using a
telescope, while
angling it toward a
light. The children
will see "stars!"
