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Preschooler Train Activities

May 2, 2014 by OneMommy

 

 

Around here, anything that goes is big.  I mean BIG!

And trains, trains are not only fun to play with, but they great learning tools too!  So it should be no surprise that we had to have  “T” Is for Train Day!

 

preschooler activities for "T" Is for Train via There's Just One Mommy

 

We started off with writing “T” on lined paper.  (We are working on using the lines the correct way!)

 

Then it was off to the train table for a letter “T” hunt!

 

using toy trains to teach about the letter T

 

Before starting our train day activities I scattered a handful of our Bananagrams tiles on the wood train tracks.  (Have you seen our other Bananagrams learning activities?)

I made sure to use all the letter “T” tiles and through in a few others as well to make it a bit more difficult.

My little engineer had fun driving his train around and collecting all the “T” tiles, leaving the other letters behind.

letter "T" scavenger hunt with toy trains

 

Of course we had to play a bit longer with our trains.  I mean, who can resist, right?

But, once Thomas had made his rounds, we headed to our next preschooler train activity.

 

practicing counting and number skills with toy trains

 

 

I used masking tape to make a number line on the kitchen floor.  Our line went 1-10, but you could go further than that if you have lots of trains!

Because not all of our trains have numbers on them, I used a small piece of masking tape on the unnumbered ones to give all our trains a number.

Then the preschooler put the trains on the number line, making sure each train was in the correct spot.

 

I reused our number line and added a bit more masking tape then to create an over-sized train track.

Using Post-Its I put a letter in each square.

Then I had my little train (I mean, preschooler) chug up and down the track to each letter I called out.

I have to say he had fun seeing how fast he could get there!

 

preschooler letter T activities

 

 

Finally, it was craft time!

This one was the preschooler’s idea.  He wanted to use shapes to make a train, just like we did back with “B” Is for Boat and Bus.

And so we did.

simple preschooler train craft

 

 

I originally just had pieces cut out for the engine and passenger car, but he reminded me that he needed a coal car if it was a steam engine.

Such a smartie!

 

By then this mom was ready to pull into the station for some lunch.

Check out our easy train lunch!

 

And if you like these ideas, check out my vehicle pinterest board!

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: alphabet activity, learning activities with vehicles, preschooler, vehicle craft

Comments

  1. Kristina @ School Time Snippets says

    May 4, 2014 at 9:49 am

    What a great bunch of activities!! I love that you made a large railroad track using masking tape and used it to call out letters! Yet, all the activities sound so fun! Sometimes I get so “stuck” on printables, but I know my 3 year old would love all these activities, too : )

    • OneMommy says

      May 4, 2014 at 5:00 pm

      Thanks. I try to keep it to one or 2 paper activities for each letter we do. He has lots of fun helping me plan active ideas with the vehicles and letters.

  2. Carrie says

    May 9, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    What great ideas!! So fun. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

  3. Heather G. @ Golden Reflections Blog says

    May 10, 2014 at 11:05 pm

    So cute! My daughter’s best friend is a huge train fan! Will have to show this to his mama! 🙂 This post is going to be featured on this coming week of Good Tips Tuesday and pinned to our Pinterest board too! Thanks for linking up!

    • OneMommy says

      May 11, 2014 at 10:28 pm

      I hope he enjoys them as much as we did! My son actually saw the post pics and asked, “Can we pick up letters again?” 🙂

  4. Carly @ Africa to America says

    May 14, 2014 at 7:49 pm

    These are just darling! I’ll be featuring them for Family Fun Friday tomorrow on my blog — thanks for linking up!

    • OneMommy says

      May 16, 2014 at 7:49 pm

      Thank you so much for featuring it!

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