Trains!

Used for two family storytimes and an outreach storytime.

Books

Train!

by Judi Abbot

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo

by Emma Garcia

Snakes on a Train

by Kathryn Dnnis

Songs and Movement

Train Chant

I made up movements to go with the chants in Trains!

First I taught them the movements:

Train: slap legs

Plane:  arms above head

Car: Clap

Digger: Stomp

Train-plane-car!

Train-plane-car! 

Digger-digger-digger-digger!

Train-plane-car!

Train-plane-digger-digger!

Train-plane-car!

Train-plane-digger-digger!

Train-plane-car!

We did them each several times, trying to go slightly faster each time.

Two Little Blackbirds

There were two blackbirds in Chugga Chugga Choo Choo

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill

One named Jack. One named Jill

Fly away Jack! Fly away Jill!

Come back Jack! Come back Jill!

Additional verses:

Sitting on a car...near and far

Flying in the sky...low and high

Sitting on a pole...fast and slow

Looking at a cloud...quiet and loud

Magnet Board

Snake on a Train

Where is the snake hiding?

Train printed from Making Learning Fun

Snake copied from Snakes on a Train

Additional/Optional Books

Freight Train

by Donald Crews

Listen Up! Train Song

by Victoria Allenby

Two Little Trains

by Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Greg Pizzoli