Toddlers love to GO! Going is their gift, their license to venture out into the world and their means of retreating to the security of Dad or Mom. With toddlers' desire to go comes an attraction to other things that go----people, animals, pull toys, tricycles, cars, planes, and the list goes on. Our transportation adventures are symbolic of the central theme in the toddler's life----the balancing act between independence (going away) and dependence (coming together). From the toddler's perspective, we run and jump into the arms of our grown-ups, then we fly away from them like airplanes in Run and Jump and Soar. We rush into the circle holding hands, then pull back out and raise our hands in the air all by ourselves in Zoom-e-oh Circle Song. We rock cozily together to Silver Moon Boat Then sit apart from each other to roll the ball while singing Keep the Ball-A-Rolling. Transportation naturally relates to music and movement in the toddler's life. Our lessons demonstrate this, linking music, movement and transportation through the concepts of tempo (fast and slow), level (up and down), and articulation (smooth and bumpy). Transportation sounds are interesting to listen to and imitate, while the toddler is learning to listen (as opposed to simply hearing).Away We Go! explores the concepts of stop and go and steady beat and basic spatial relationships awareness such as forward/backward, under/over, around/through, up/down, in/out and on/off. Some familiar chants and songs are Wheels on the Bus, I've Been Workin' on

the Railroad and The Arkansas Traveler. Some music selections are tailor-made for this unit such as Soaring and Riding the Rails.