More than 500 preschool-age children will explore about 20 different vehicles Friday as part of the Early Childhood Center's Third Annual Vehicle Day.
Children love things with wheels.
They get to see, touch and even sit in them. It's the way children learn. Children from preschools in Alton, Edwardsville, Collinsville and Granite City will be crawling through, sitting in and learning about firetrucks, limousines, buses, emergency vehicles volunteered by Shell Oil, motorcycles and a recreational tour bus. Last year more than 25 organizations volunteered vehicles such as a police car, a taxicab, a hearse and a U.S. Army Humvee. The vehicles will be located in the parking lot of the Vadalabene Fitness Center from 9 a.m. to noon.