doorofhope-ourfamilynews-mar2019

TODDLER NEWS
Over the past month there has been a lot of
interest in transport, especially because we have
had a lot of different vehicles on our Village
property where our “Play and Learn Centre” is! Our
children have enjoyed watching these vehicles
from a distance (we get a little nervous if they get
too close). We also love to ride in our school bus on
the way to our “Play and Learn Centre” each day,
and sometimes we like to sing The Wheels on the
Bus while we ride.
At the village, we have had a little yellow
digger working on various projects. Usually,
his appearance prompts our children to sing,
“Varooooom went the little yellow digger in the
ditch…”. The tractors and trucks in our playground
are the perfect toys to imitate the vehicles we
see. We also had a concrete truck come and pour
concrete by our playground. The concrete truck
was very loud and made us a little nervous as he
reversed up behind our “Play and Learn Centre,”
so we clung on tight to our aunties, but we didn’t
want to leave! We were fascinated with the way
the concrete truck kept turning around as it mixed
the concrete, and then got really excited when the
concrete mix started pouring down the chute.
The new concrete path is the perfect place to
ride our bikes.
The hanging barrel in our playground has become
a tractor and our children often race each other
there so they can “drive” it first. A few of our books
are full of pictures of different transport, and when
we see the picture of the fire truck, we begin
singing, “Fire truck, fire truck, I want to ride in a fire
truck…” (We have discovered there is a song for
just about every type of vehicle.) We also love to
guess which car belongs to whom on the village
property, and we are pretty good at remembering
most of the time!