Week Ten: The Little Engine That Could

This week was all about trains.  We read The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper:

On Tuesday, we made these cute shape trains:



On Friday, we played with toy trains:

Here is a train going over a hill; as it climbed the hill, we chanted "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can" and then "I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could!" as he went down the hill.

Next, we made these trains that I found on thestorytimelady.wordpress.com.  Here is a template for the train cars to print in cardstock.  Just cut a toilet paper tube in half, cut slits, and stick the train in. They loved having their very own train engines.

 One kid got creative and made a train track out of strips of paper:

I always make sure to encourage them when they use their imagination. 

We made trains out of pattern blocks: (template)

 And we had fun dot painting trains.  Sorry, no pictures, but here is the template.

Kids always love trains and the whole idea of anything train-y so that made this an easy and fun week!