Discover How You Can Get Around Your Community!

You live in a community with many places to visit! You can get around your community in different ways. Learning about Types of Transportation helps you choose the best way to travel to different places.

You can use your feet to walk to places near your home. Walking is great for short trips to the park or store down the street.

You can ride in a car when you need to go far away. Cars drive on roads and can take you to visit grandma or go to school.

You can take a bus with many other people. Buses are big vehicles that carry lots of people to different places in your community.

You can ride a bike by pedaling with your feet. Bikes help you get places faster than walking but slower than cars.

When places are close to your home, you can walk there safely. Use the sidewalk and look both ways before crossing streets.

When places are far away, you need a car, bus, or other vehicle. Ask a grown-up to help you get to places that are too far to walk.

Understanding Basic Directions and Position Words helps you know where you want to go.

Transportation: The different ways you can travel from one place to another, like walking, cars, buses, and bikes.

Walking: Using your feet and legs to move from place to place on the ground.

Car: A vehicle that drives on roads and can carry people to different places in the community.

Bus: A big vehicle with many seats and windows that carries lots of people together to different places.

Bike/Bicycle: A vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pedaling with your feet to make it move.

Vehicle: Something that carries people or things from one place to another, like cars, buses, and bikes.

Community: The area where you live with houses, stores, schools, and other places you visit.

Bridge: A structure that goes over water or roads so you can safely cross to the other side.

You need to follow safety rules when you travel around your community. Always wear your seatbelt in cars and buses.

When you walk, stay on sidewalks and hold a grown-up's hand. Look both ways before crossing any street.

Learning about Following Rules in Different Settings keeps you safe while traveling.

This topic connects to many other important concepts you will learn. Types of Transportation teaches you about all the different vehicles and methods people use to travel.

Reading Simple Maps helps you understand where places are located in your community. Types of Community Workers shows you the people who help keep transportation safe, like bus drivers and crossing guards.

After learning about getting around your community, you will study Moving People and Goods and Public Transportation. You will also explore Neighborhoods and Cities and Towns to understand different types of communities.

This topic helps you understand how people move around in their daily lives. You will use this knowledge when you learn about Using a Compass Rose and Map Keys and Symbols to read maps better.