Transportation is a popular topic in my speech room. And what could be more fun than a tractor?
In today's post we’ll learn the parts of a tractor, practice “who” questions, make associations, and review basic concepts like prepositions.
Tractor: Parts of a Whole
Tractors are vehicles that help farmers do important work.
They help prepare the field for planting in the spring and harvest the crops in the fall.
Point to or talk about these parts:
engine
exhaust stack
cab
fender
step
front wheel
steering wheel
driving wheel
Can you think of other vehicles that have parts like these?
Here are more vehicles. Can you find the…
school bus
dump truck
boat
rocket
taco truck
tractor
Which vehicles have wheels?
Count them!
How many wheels are there all together?
Who Questions
Below are three of our community helpers: a pilot, a delivery worker, and a farmer.
Who drives a tractor?
Who flies an airplane?
Who drives a delivery truck?
Associations
Oh no! The delivery truck in this town broke down.
The driver asked the farmer if she could use his tractor to deliver some boxes.
Her stops for the day are:
The hospital
The grocery store
The plant store
The library
Which building would each of these boxes need to go?
Boxes of bandaids
Boxes of books
Boxes of pots
Boxes of pretzels
Basic Concepts
This tractor’s work is not done.
Now it’s going to help us learn some basic concepts.
Prepositions
Find the pumpkin:
in front of the tractor
behind the tractor
in the trailer
out of the trailer
Near and Far
There are a lot of trailers helping out today.
Some are near, or close to us.
Some are far, or a long way away.
Can you find our red trailer in each of the pictures?
Is it near, or is it far?
Answers:
Who Questions: tractor/farmer, airplane/pilot, delivery truck/delivery worker
Associations: Boxes of bandaids/hospital, books/library, pot/plant shop, pretzels/grocery store
Prepositions: in front/picture 4, behind/picture 3, in/picture 1, out/picture 2
Near and Far: The red tractor is near, far, near, far, far, near