Nursery World - Under the bonnet

Make the most of children's natural fascination with cars and wheeled vehicles with activities by Sue Sheppy Many of the children in your setting will regularly drive to a filling station with their parents. They will watch as the adults fill the petrol tank and the numbers on the petrol pump spin round. They will listen to the associated sounds and become aware of the smell of petrol. They will watch adults paying for their fuel or buying something in the shop. And they may go through the car wash.

Many of the children in your setting will regularly drive to a filling station with their parents. They will watch as the adults fill the petrol tank and the numbers on the petrol pump spin round. They will listen to the associated sounds and become aware of the smell of petrol. They will watch adults paying for their fuel or buying something in the shop. And they may go through the car wash.

Some children will also have been in a car when it has broken down and had a mechanic or breakdown service come and repair the car or tow it to a garage.

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