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A Train Unit
Vocabulary Signs: Train
Train Sounds: TRAIN SOUNDS
Circle Time/Opening Song/Poem/Fingerplay:
"Trains"
Here's a little choo-choo train
Chugging down the track
Now it goes forward
Now it goes back
Now the whistle blows
Whooooo, Whooooooo!
What a lot of noise it makes
Everywhere it goes
Chooo-chooo-chooo!
The train comes running back.
Fingerplay:
This is a choo-choo train (Bend elbows)
Puffing down the track (Move arms forward)
Now it's going forward (Push arms forward)
Now it's going back (Push arms back)
Now the bell is ringing (Pretend to ring bell)
Now the whistle blows (Hold fist near mouth and pretend to blow)
What a lot of noise it makes Everywhere it goes. (Cover ears with hands)
Engine Pattern
Train Car Pattern
Caboose Pattern
Theme Song:
"Little Red Caboose"
Song Lyrics & Words
Little red caboose,
Chug, chug, chug-
Little red caboose,
Chug, chug, chug-
Little red caboose
Behind the train, train, train, train.
Smokestack on its back, back, back, back-
Coming around the track, track, track, track-
Little red caboose
Behind the train, choo!
Activity: Playing with trains. Playing with train whistles.
Craft: Painting with trains.
Put small amounts of different colors of paint on a paper plate. Run the wheels of a toy train through the paint and use to create a picture on a sheet of art paper.
Books: Choo Choo Petr Horacek, Zane the Train, Susan Yoder Ackerman
Got any great train links to share?
You can also find Tammy and Parker hanging out at their other blog: Praying For Parker
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Comments on A Train Unit »
Michelle & Kayla @ 6:41 pm
Is Parker enjoying Zane the Train? Kayla loves blowing that whistle! And it does sound so much like a train whistle too
I love the title "Everything Parker know he learned at home" – looking forward to reading these Sat posts!
kari @ 7:52 pm
This is great Tammy. I wish I would have seen this earlier. We had a rainy day today and the painting idea would have come in handy as we were a bit bored. I'll tuck the idea away for the next rainy day
Susan (5 Minutes for Mom) @ 12:03 am
Fantastic Tammy!
I think this is a great lesson for little ones… I'm going to try some of it with my girls.
Thanks!
Melody @ 12:24 am
You've made me long for preschoolers again…almost.
What a fun and educational unit. Who doesn't love a choo choo.
Amy of Bunny Rose Cottage @ 4:01 pm
Wonderful job Tammy! Very educational and fun a thte same time! Perfect for little ones!
Hugs,
Amy
Julie @ 6:36 pm
This is fantastic!! Thank you for sharing.
Tricia @ 12:36 am
You don't happen to have a picture of parker signing train. To teach others what the sign for train looks like. My daughter signs also. Not because she has to but because we choose to teach her.
Christine @ 7:58 am
I LOVE this!!!!
Great, great, great idea!