Train Theme

MAKE (Art Center) 

• Crafts Shaped Like the Letter T/t
• Train Crafts Shaped Like the Letter T/t - The Little Legers
• Letter T/t Filled in with Train Tracks - google.com
• Letter T/t Filled in with Train Stickers
• Fingerprint Crafts
• Handprint Trains - traingames.com
• Handprint Trains - giludias.blogspot.com
• Footprint Trains - Handpressions
• Fingerprint Trains - craftoart.com
• Recyclable Crafts
• Paper Plate Train - saved by Leigh Carter
• Toilet Paper Roll Train - wordpress.com
• Egg Carton Choo Choo - The Activity Mom
• Shoebox Train - agirlandagluegun.com
• Kleenex Box Train - lovezilla.net
• Other Crafts
• Train Prints (Sponges, corks, spools) - Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers
• Trains with Child's Name - saved by Leigh Carter
• Paint Wooden Trains
• Build a Wooden Train - mybabyfaves
• Shape Train Craft - indulgy.com
• Free Art
• Have art materials accessible to children such as a train coloring page, a train stencil, an easel, markers, stamps, colored pencils, crayons, play-dough, and tissue paper/construction paper/fabric squares for children to work with if they'd like as well.

EXPLORE (Sensory Centers)

• Play Dough Train Set  - Play Trains!
• Make the Letter T Using Train Tracks
• Color Sorting Train - Mom Inspired Life
• Winter Train Table Sensory Play - Play Trains!
• Snowy Railroad - Dirt & Boogers
• Painting With Trains - Play Trains!
• Coal, Water, and Steam Engine Sensory Bin - Play Trains!
• Train/Transportation Wash Sensory Table - teaching2and3yearolds.blogspot.com
• Train Sensory bottle

PLAY (Inside and Outside Games/Activities) 

• Puzzles/Board Games
• The Number Train Puzzle - Free Homeschool Deals
• Make an Alphabet or Number Train - Thriving Home
• Transportation Pattern Block Mat - PreKinders
• Block Center/Building Ideas
• Build a Train out of Pasta - Babble
• Freight Train Block Building - Freight Train Block Building
• Dramatic Play
• Train Made Out of Cardboard Boxes - Kristina Lanzetta
• Train Engineer Dress Ups
• Quiet Activities
• Things That Go Flannelboard - melissa.depperfamily.net
• Number Train Quiet Book - And Next Comes L
• Felt Number Train Activity - Felt Board Ideas
• File Folder Activities/Worksheets
• Numbers 1-10 Train Worksheet - The Moffatt Girls
• Train Color By Number - Making Learning Fun
• Have You Ever Ridden a Train Graphing Worksheet - mrswilliamsonkinders.blogspot.com
• Build a Train Preschool Addition Game - Stay at Home Educator
• Trains on Tracks Patterns File Folder Game - etsy.com
• Match Trains File Folder Activity - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Number Train Transfer Activity - Our Crafts ~N~ Things
• Pom Pom Transfer Activity - Growing Hands-On Kids
• Rainbow Freight Train - Growing Hands-On Kids
• Number Roads (Tracks) - Growing Hands-On Kids
• What Size is Thomas The Train? (Comparing Train Lengths) A Little Pinch of Perfect
• Tracing Shapes with Trains - Frogs to Fairy Dust Childcare and Preschool
• Line Up Tracks By Height - Simple Play Ideas
• Sort Trains By Color - Simple Play Ideas
• Counting Trains - School Time Snippets
• Train Printables - Craftulate - From ABCs to ACTs
• My Colorful Train - Making Learning Fun
• Printable Train Themed Number Line
• Active Games/Outside Play Activities
• Make a Track with Sidewalk Chalk - apartmenttherapy.com
• Make a Track with Tape - momstown.ca
• Train Obstacle Course
• Set Up Train Tracks Outside  - facebook.com

READ (Circle Time/Books for the Book Center)

• Freight Train Board Book - Donald Crews
• The Little Engine That Could - Watty Piper
• Steam Train, Dream Train 1-2-3 - Sherri Duskey Sherri
• Locomotive - Brian Floca
• Line 135 - Germano Zullo
• All Aboard ABC - Doug Magee
• Trains - Byron Barton
• Thomas the Tank Engine - Rev. W. Awdry
• Trains: Steaming! Pulling! Huffing! - Patricia Hubbell
• The Rain Train - Elena de Roo
• Two Little Trains - Margaret Wise Brown
• Big Book of Big Trains - Megan Cullis
• Rattle and Rap - Susan Steggall
• Subway - Anastasia Suen
• Window Music - Anastasia Suen
• The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg
• Down By the Station - Jennifer Riggs Vetter

SING (Circle Time Songs/Poems) (Incorporate Train Whistles) 

• Down By the Station - dltk-kids.com
• The Train is Coming - Teachers Pay Teachers

EAT (Snack Center)

• Marshmallow, Pretzels, and Cherrios Train - Piseco Homeschool Journal
• Graham Crackers and Banana Slices Train - Jennie Elser 
• Cheese and Carrot Train - The Educators Spin On It
• Train Shaped Tortillas - Creative Kid Snacks
• Choo Choo Celery Train - Nellie Bellie
• Train Sandwich - Mom On Time Out

VISIT  (Visitor/Field Trip Ideas)

•  Field Trip - Train Station