Storytime - Trains

Books:

How to Train a Train by Jason Carter Eaton - This is a cute story that reads as a "how-to" guide for training a train to be your pet. My preschoolers enjoyed this one.

All Aboard the Dinotrain by Deb Lund - Dinosaurs + Trains = Instant Storytime Hit!

Clickety Clack by Rob Spence - This is a cute cumulative story about a train that gets more and more and MORE crowded! This one is fun to have the kids say "clickety clack" with you as they move their arms like a train.

A Train Goes Clickety Clack by Jonathan London - Great short story all about trains. Perfect for toddlers!

Freight Train by Donald Crews - This is a great one to do as a flannel story and is short enough for babies or toddlers.








Songs/Rhymes:

The Wheels on the Train
(Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)

The wheels on the train go clickety-clack
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack
The wheels on the train go clickety-clack
All through the town!

...The whistle on the train goes choo, choo, choo!
...The conductor on the train goes "All aboard!"
...The people on the train go bumpity bump

Adapted from source

This Little Train (w/ flannel)

(Tune: This Old Man)

This little train, painted black

It comes chugging down the track 

With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”

Hear the whistle blow

This little train goes chugging home.

This little car painted blue

It has seats for me and you

With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”

Hear the whistle blow

This little train goes chugging home.

This little car painted yellow

It shimmies and shakes like a bowl of jello

With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”

Hear the whistle blow

This little train goes chugging home.

This little car, painted green

It’s the fanciest car you’ve seen,

With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”

Hear the whistle blow

This little train goes chugging home.

This caboose; it is red

It will take you home to bed

With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”

Hear the whistle blow

This little train goes chugging home.

Source

I'm a Little Choo Choo Train

I’m a choo-choo train, (bend arms at sides)

Chugging down the track. (rotate arms in rhythm)    

First I go forward, (rotate arms forward)

Then I go back. (rotate arms backward)

Now my bell is ringing, (pretend to pull bell cord)

Hear my whistle blow. (toot into closed fist)

What a lot of noise I make, (place hands over ears)

Everywhere I go! (stretch arms out at sides)

Craft:

Name Trains

Thanks to Storytime Katie for this craft idea! I cut out red Ellison train engines and then made yellow squares that were about 3" by 3". I taped together 2 pieces of white cardstock that we 11" x 14" each. The day of the craft, I had the kids glue their train pieces to the paper, then write each letter of their name on a square and color the background however they wanted. It's a great craft to build writing skills and name recognition.