Off-to-School Bus

What do you need to know to be a safe bus rider? Create your own school bus, driver, and passengers!

• 1.

  If this is your first time to ride a school bus, what do think the trip will be like? If you have ridden the school bus, what do you remember most about riding it? What do you like to do on the bus?

• 2.

  What are the safety rules for riding on your school bus? What rules do drivers follow? Why do you think there are so many rules? Where is the Danger Zone?

• 3.

  School buses are made as safe as they can be. Look at pictures of people going to school long ago. Ask your parents about their bus experiences. What has changed?

• 4.

  To make your own school bus, cover your art area with newspapers. Paint the outside and inside of a shoe box with Crayola® Washable Paint using a Crayola Paint Brush. Dry.

• 5.

  Create passengers on your school bus with Crayola Model Magic. Shape the driver and school children. Dry overnight.

• 6.

  With Crayola Washable Markers, add details to the bus including doors, windows, wheels, and lights.

• 7.

  <B>Ask an adult to help you</B> cut out windows and doors with Crayola Scissors.

• 8.

  Climb aboard! Practice following safety rules so you get to and from school safely every time.

Benefits

• Students explore what school buses look like and their uses.
• Students find out about school bus safety, including the Danger Zone.
• Children represent the roles of the school bus, its driver, and themselves as passengers in creating a safe community.

Adaptations

• Research ways children around the world get to school. Find out what countries rely on rickshaws, city buses, and other means for school transport.
• Older students debate the need for seat belts in school buses, pro and con.
• On separate paper, draw the danger zone to fit underneath the school bus.
• For children with special needs, create a bus buddy program.