All Aboard! Looking for train activities for preschool and kindergarten students? From dramatic play with train stations and tracks, to train books, coloring pages, and other printable pages there is lots of fun and learning to be had with a train theme. Keep reading for lots of fun ideas and activities for preschoolers.
1) Favorite Train Books
Freight Train by Donald Crews is an adorable read-aloud book and Caldecott Honor book that teaches color words, train car names, and more in simple text and illustrations that kids love.
Subway by Christoph Niemann is a great story that follows a father and his sons as they travel on the subway through the city.
Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld. Read this beautifully illustrated and told story of a train and the adorable animals that load its fun cargo.
Trainstop by Barbara Lehman is a wonderful wordless picture book. Follow along with the magical adventures of a little girl and her parents and their travels on a train.
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper – no train list would be complete without the inspiring tale of the determined little engine.
Train Activities and Games
I love these transportation crafts from The Adventure Starts Here. The traffic light, train figures and more are adorable and easy to create with materials you already have!
Love this collection of train-themed ideas in including twinkie train recipes, songs, and crafts on the Child Fun website.
Here is a variety of train activities for preschool and kindergarten. This includes name trains, easy reader train books, coloring pages, train songs and poems, etc.
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