Flannel Friday: The Lonely Bus Driver

I have been meaning to do this one for a while. After I made the people for The Doorbell Rang, all I had to do was make a bus (and a hat for the driver).

Lonely Bus Driver

One lonely bus driver all alone and blue,

He picked up a passenger and then there were two.

Two people riding, they stopped by a tree,

They picked up a passenger, and then there were three.

Three people riding, they stopped by a store,

They picked up a passenger, and then there were four.

Four people riding, happy and alive,

They picked up a passenger, and then there were five.

Five people riding open swung the door,

Four passengers got off the bus,

The driver's alone once more.

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Five Brave Firefighters

I can't wait to do this with the kids. This is based on the rhyme widely available on the web. I shortened it (a) to turn it into a counting rhyme (who wants to ring a bell once?) (b) I do toddler storytime and shorter is always better and (c) shorter and repetitive means I can memorize it easily.

This was so easy to make. Cut slits in top and bottom. Slide one end of pipe cleaner into top slit. Slide on bell and five red beads. Ring the bell and slide one bead down each time you repeat the verse.

When I do this in storytime, we have some larger foam firefighters we slide down the long pole that pulls down our screen. I got the bead idea from a homemade abacus I saw.

Five brave firefighters 
Sleeping in a row
Ring goes the bell
And down one goes....