If you have been around a toddler, this rhyme is an earworm. The Wheels Of The Bus is one of the most popular rhymes among children nowadays, and is enjoyed in various versions. It is an American folk song which was originally written and composed by Verna Hills.
The original song was called “The Bus” and each verse ended with the words “all day long” instead of the modern-day lyrics that go “all through the town”. It is sung on the classic tune of Merry Go Round The Mulburry Bush. The rhyme has a rhythmic pattern, on the theme of various features of a bus that children can notice.
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The little ones are always fascinated by travel and various types of vehicles. They also find it exciting to go to school by bus, or travel by bus in large groups for school trips. Building up this excitement and encouraging them to observe things about a bus, this rhyme is a popular favourite among teachers, parents and kids alike.
Lyrics Of The Rhyme Wheels Of The Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town
The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish,
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish”
The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish”
All through the town.
The people on the bus go, “chat, chat, chat,
cha,,chat chat,chat chat ,chat
The people on the bus go, “, chat,chat,chat
All through the town.
The horn on the bus go “Beep, beep, beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep”
The horn on the bus go “Beep, beep, beep”
All through the town.
The baby on the bus go, “wah, wah, wah!
wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah!”
The baby on the bus go, “wah, wah, wah!”
All through the town.
The mummy on the bus goes, “sssssh, sssssh, sssssh,“
”sssssh, sssssh, sssssh”
The mummy on the bus go, ”sssssh, sssssh, sssssh”
All through the town.
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town.
What Will Your Child Learn From The Rhyme Wheels Of The Bus?
Wheels Of The Bus is a popular song among kids of various age groups. While reciting this rhyme, kids will learn to make observations about things like the wheels turning, opening and shutting of the doors, the movement of the wipers, and so on. They will also learn the names of all these elements of a vehicle like motor, wipers and signals and relate to them through actions. Preschoolers may have a hard time stepping out of the comfort of their home and hopping onto a bus to go to school. In this scenario, fun songs like this make it easier on the child.
Theme Of The Rhyme Wheels Of The Bus
The children’s song Wheels Of The Bus is all about the description of a bus. The song is sung by children who observe various things like the wheels of the bus going round, the movement of the wipers going swish swish, the people on the bus chatting and conversing, the horns going beep beep, the babies crying ‘wah wah wah’, the mummy saying “shhhhhh” and so on. There is another version of this rhyme where several animals are on board the bus, and the rhyme describes every animal sound, for instance, “The cat on the bus goes meow meow meow”.
Rhyming Scheme Of Wheels Of The Bus
The Wheels Of The Bus rhyme has a rhythmic pattern, with each verse starting with the line “The ___ of the bus goes…” with a different feature of the bus introduced in each verse. The next line uses the repetition device to describe the movement or the sound of that feature. And the fourth line of every verse is the same in every paragraph, “all through the town”. Apart from repetition, you can notice the rhyming pattern in The Wheels Of The Bus as “AAAB” With the first and third line repeated in the verse and the last line repeated in every verse throughout the rhyme.
Words That Your Child Will Learn From Wheels Of The Bus
Children will learn several words from this rhyme. They will specifically learn words related to a bus and descriptive words for those features. Some of these are listed below.
Wheels, round, wipers, swish, people, chat, horn, beep, babies, wah-wah.
Suggested Activities
Children find it easier to learn and understand new things when learning is combined with fun and activities. Here are some interesting ways in which children can be engaged as they learn Wheels Of The Bus
1. Fun On The Bus!
- This is a great way to keep your child engaged the next time they travel by bus.
- Teach them all the actions that go along with the rhyme.
- Let the kids recite the rhyme with actions to express their excitement of being on a bus.
2. Colour The Bus
- Children love colouring activities! Let’s combine this with their love for this rhyme.
- Draw an outline of a bus. Draw wheels, doors, windows and wipers on the bus, and some people looking out the window.
- Name one part of the bus, and your child to fill it in with the colour of their choice. For instance “Colour the front wheel.”
- For younger children, don’t insist on the right colours. Let them have a purple bus with green wheels if they like. Lay more importance on identifying the correct parts as you name them.
3. DIY Bus Photobooth
- Get a long chart paper and draw a simple outline of a bus.
- Mark some windows on the bus, and cut them out.
- Now, mark the door, wheels and signals.
- Gather your child along with their siblings, cousins or friends and ask them to colour the entire bus using crayons or paints.
- Paste some cardboard backing on the reverse side of the bus.
- Use coloured tape to mark the window frames of the bus.
- Now, let all the children get behind the bus and peek out of each window.
- Snap! Don’t forget to click a picture, and save it as a memory of this wonderful day of fun.
