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Great ideas for kids with Trains
Train Cars Use one large cardboard box per child. Cut top and bottom off. Make shoulder straps from heavy ribbon. Let them paint their own train cars. Use small painted paper plates for the wheels. Line them up and let them march and sing "Workin on the railroad."
Big Trains Make train cars out of shoe boxes and lots of other "stuff." Take cardboard boxes (1/2) and cut a hole out of the top (enough to put it over the child's head - resting on their shoulders). Have the kids paint and decorate them. You can even put black construction paper wheels on the side, then put crape paper to sting them together. The kids love to "BE" trains. We sing songs and walk thru the neighborhood.
Milk Carton Caboose Rinse out milk carton (pint, quart, or half gallon). Press the top flap down and tape shut. Use white paper and tape to wrap the carton. Cut four circles from cardboard and cover the circles with foil. Glue these onto the sides of the carton for wheels. Use markers to add windows and doors to the train.
Shoe Box Trains Have children paint and decorate shoe boxes. Add two wheels on each side of each shoe box. String them together. Sort toy trains by type, color, size, etc. Sort pictures (stickers on cards) of trains. Egg Carton Train Supplies: bottom half of egg carton, scissors, glue, empty spool (one per child), toilet paper tube (1 per child, black construction paper. small paper cup to trace, chalk, black and red paint Cut the bottom of an egg carton in half lengthwise and give one half to each child. Have each child glue a toilet paper tube on top of their first egg cup and a spool on top of their last. Have them paint the spool and the adjourning egg cup red. this is the caboose. Have thempain the rest of the egg carton black and let dry. Using the small paper cup, trace ten circles on the black construction paper. Cut these out to be wheels. Glue five wheels on each side of the the train.
Number Train You need: cardboard, markers, paste, construction paper, railroad shapes. Prepare several cardboard cutouts of railroad engines and cars. Help the children trace a train onto large sheets of construction paper. Write the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on each car and the words first, second, third, fourth, fifth on each, respectively. Have the children try to arrange the railroad cars in order on another sheet of paper and paste them in place when they are correctly laid out. Encourage verbalization of the names of the ordinal positions while the children work. Use this activity to reinforce counting as well. Let the children imagine a very. long train and ask, "How many cars can you count?" 
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