Trains Go

By Steve Light

Ages: 3 months - 2 years

Discuss

• Have fun making the sounds of the train and encourage your child to join you.  Talk about why that specific train is making that sound.  For example:  it is a fast train, a slow train, it is going up hill, it is an old train.
• As you read, insert the color of the train.
• Discuss the different types of trains.  What does that type of train do?
• If you could be the conductor, what train would you drive?
• Have you seen a train?  What sound did it make?  What did it look like?
•  Have you ridden in a train?  If so, where did you go?  If not, where would you like to go?

Activities

• Watch this video of train sounds.
• Explore basic geometry with this hands on train making activity.  
• Make alphabet train cars.
• Chuga Chuga Choo Choo Train Craft
• Build a train track with this online interactive game.
• What number comes next on this train car? (worksheet)