Read this book before taking children to the sandbox to play with their trucks, or before taking a field trip to a construction site. Prompt them to use words and phrases from the book as they participate in the activity. Make a lotto game with cut-outs of the various construction vehicles to help children learn the specific names and thereby expand their vocabularies.
Read this book aloud, modeling how to read it to children. Drop your voice on the rhyming words, point to them and ask parents to fill in the word. Explain that this is one of the ways children learn to read, and that it is a good technique to use with similar books. This book is also a good example of a topic that is often interesting to even the busiest of preschoolers. Finding the right book is a great way to develop readers. Point out that counting down is related to learning to subtract.