PBS 45 & 49 encourage you to use "The Learning Triangle" when you watch our children's shows with your preschoolers. After you WATCH a program, try to DO a related hands-on activity and then READ a related book.

Vacations
Your children may experience many new things this summer. Airplane rides, camping and even long car trips may be in your familys near future. These new experiences can be just as fun as they can be scary. Its always a good idea to prepare children as much as you can for any new experience. You can try talking about things they will see, things they will do and people they will meet. The more they are involved in the vacation or trip, the more they will learn from their new experience. The programs, activities and books featured in this issues The Learning Triangle are meant to help you prepare children for some of the summer travel experiences that they may have.

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Arthur
Arthurs going on his family vacation. The only problem is that its raining on his vacation! Arthur soon learns that there are many fun things to do in the rain.

Caillou
Caillou is traveling on his very first airplane ride! He is going to the beach on a vacation with his family. Join Caillou as he has lots of vacation adventures.

An Airplane Ride

Materials:

Boxes or chairs
Tote bags or small suitcases

You can easily pretend that you are going on an airplane ride. Encourage children to play as if they were riding on an airplane. Discuss where they should put their luggage and how they should sit. You can even pretend to serve them drinks and refreshments. Watch how the children pretend play. You may discover some of their fears or misunderstandings about airplane rides.

Visit an Airport

Take time to introduce your child to the activities at an airport when youre not in a hurry to catch a plane. Watch airplanes take off and land, watch the luggage carousel, look for the control tower and talk about the many people who work at the airport.

Car Goody Bag

Prepare a bag of items to keep your child busy in the car. You might include favorite audio cassettes, paper, crayons, books to read and packaged snacks. Include items that are not used on a daily basis so that they are considered special.

Read

Airplane Ride by Douglas Florian

Barneys Book of Airplanes by Mary Ann Dudko

Boat Book by Gail Gibbons

Boats by Ken Robbins

Cars by Angela Royston

Fill It Up! All About Service Stations by Gail Gibbons

Flying by Donald Crews

Freight Train by Donald Crews

Harbor by Donald Crews

Traffic: A Book of Opposites by Betsy and Giulio Maestro

The Learning Triangle is written by Bree Silski, PBS 45 & 49’s Ready To Learn Coordinator

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