All aboard! This week’s story time is all about trains!!
Song: Clap and Sing Hello!
We clap and sing hello.
We clap and sing hello.
With our friends at story time.
We clap and sing hello!
(Wave and sing hello; stomp and sing hello.)
Fingerplay: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider,
Went up the water spout.
Down came the rain,
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun,
And dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy spider,
Went up the spout again.
Source: dltk-teach
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Book: Chugga Chugga Choo Choo
Written by Emma Garcia and published by Boxer Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing
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Flannel Board: Five Little Steam Engines
Five little steam engines, chugging down the track.
One hit a bump and he went smack.
Four little steam engines, chugging down the track.
One took a wrong turn and ran into a haystack.
Three little steam engines, chugging down the track.
One stopped to talk to a boy named Jack.
Two little steam engines, chugging down the track.
One got hungry and stopped for a snack.
One little steam engine, chugging down the track.
He got to the depot and was glad to be back.
Source: Stratford Library
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Book: Snakes on a Train
Written by Kathryn Dennis and published by A Feiwel and Friends Book, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
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Flannel Board: This Little Train
(Tune: This Old Man)
This little train, painted gray, takes us places far away.
With a choo-choo, clicky-clack, hear the whistle blow.
This little train goes chugging home.
This little car, painted black, keeps us chugging down the track.
With a choo-choo, clicky-clack, hear the whistle blow.
This little train goes chugging home
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This little car, painted white, keeps things cold both day and night.
With a choo-choo, clicky-clack, 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, clicky-clack, 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, clicky-clack, hear the whistle blow.
This little train goes chugging home
This caboose, it is red, it goes chugging off to bed.
With a choo-choo, clicky-clack, hear the whistle blow.
This old train goes chugging home.
Source: Mel’s Desk
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Book: Where Do Steam Train Sleep at Night?
Written by Brianna Caplan Sayres, illustrated by Christian Slade, and published by Random House
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Movement: 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)
Source: Literary Librarian Kim
Craft: Egg Carton Engine
Pick up a craft kit from the Youth Services department or the drive-up window while supplies last!
Kit Supplies:
- 1 egg carton cup
- 1 paper towel tube or toilet paper roll
- 8 paper circles for wheels
- 1 small tube for the chimney
- 1 paper circle for the cone on the top of the chimney
Home Supplies:
- Glue
- Scissors
- Paint or Markers (if you want to decorate your engine)
Directions:
If you want to decorate your engine, it’s easier to paint or color the pieces before you assemble.
- Glue the egg carton cup to the paper towel tube.
- Make a cone out of the green circle
- Glue the cone to the small tube.
- Glue the small tube to paper towel tube.
- Glue the wheels to the paper towel tube.
Source: The Craft Train
Song: We Wave Goodbye like This
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.
(Repeat)
– Kris, Youth Services Specialist