Today's Baby Bloomers was all about trains. We read, played, and listened everything train. Our little ones loved to play with scarves as we listened to "Down By the Station". I switched our routine a bit and didn't place our toys out until story time was over. This seemed to help the attention spam and engaged everyone with the songs and rhymes. This is how it went:
Books:
Freight Train by Donald Crews* make flannel
I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges
A Train Goes Clickety-Clack by Jonathan London
Opening song:
“The More We Get Together”
Clapping rhyme: “Patty-Cake, Patty Cake”
Patty-cake,
patty-cake, baker’s man
Bake me a cake
as fast as you can.
Roll
it and pat it and mar it with a “B” *use baby’s name initial
And put it
in the oven for baby and me!
Wiggle rhyme:
A wiggle,
wiggle here
A wiggle,
wiggle there.
Wiggle your
hands up in the air
Wiggle your
shoulders and wiggle your hips,
Wiggle your
knees and move your lips,
Wiggle,
wiggle, wiggle
And wiggle
and bend
Wiggle,
wiggle, wiggle,
And this is
the end!
Open, Shut Them- Traditional
This is Big- from Mel's Desk
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack,- we didn't use this rhyme
Here comes the train on the railroad track!
Clickety-clunn, clickety-clunn,
Here comes ENGINE number one.
Clickety-clew, clickety-clew,
Here comes COAL CAR number two.
Clickety-clee, clickety-clee,
Here comes BOX CAR number three.
Clickety-clore, clickety-clore,
Here comes TANK CAR number four.
Clickety-clive, clickety-clive,
Here comes COACH CAR number five.
Clickety-clicks, clickety-clicks,
Here’s the CABOOSE, that’s number six.
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack,
There goes the train on the railroad track!
Choo-choooooooo! Goodbye!
Here comes the train on the railroad track!
Clickety-clunn, clickety-clunn,
Here comes ENGINE number one.
Clickety-clew, clickety-clew,
Here comes COAL CAR number two.
Clickety-clee, clickety-clee,
Here comes BOX CAR number three.
Clickety-clore, clickety-clore,
Here comes TANK CAR number four.
Clickety-clive, clickety-clive,
Here comes COACH CAR number five.
Clickety-clicks, clickety-clicks,
Here’s the CABOOSE, that’s number six.
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack,
There goes the train on the railroad track!
Choo-choooooooo! Goodbye!
Action Rhyme: “This Is a Choo-Choo
Train”
This is a choo choo train
Puffing down the track
Now it’s going forward,
Now it’s going back,
Now the bell is ringing
Now the whistle blows
What a lot of noise it makes
Everything it goes. Credit: SurLaLune Storytime
This is a choo choo train
Puffing down the track
Now it’s going forward,
Now it’s going back,
Now the bell is ringing
Now the whistle blows
What a lot of noise it makes
Everything it goes. Credit: SurLaLune Storytime
Fingerplay: “This Little Train”
The little train ran up the track (run fingers up arm)
Toot, toot, toot (make train noises)
And then it came toot-tooting back (run fingers down arm)
Toot, toot, toot (make train noises) Credit: SurLaLune Storytime
The little train ran up the track (run fingers up arm)
Toot, toot, toot (make train noises)
And then it came toot-tooting back (run fingers down arm)
Toot, toot, toot (make train noises) Credit: SurLaLune Storytime
Closing Song: “We Wave Goodbye Like
This”
