


After we read Locomotive, we did these two activities.
I had a piece of poster board, and I actually had planned for the girls to make a railroad collage of sorts. But they had a different idea, and it actually turned out to be fun.
The started on separate ends of the poster board using two different colors of marker and drawing a railroad in their color. They met somewhere near the middle of the poster board- although we could tell from the map in the book that the real Transcontinental Railroad didn’t meet in the middle.

When they met in the middle they worked together to place a “golden spike” (thumbtack).


I also had some construction paper and glue to make train collages.

Simply cut the construction paper into any shapes desired and glue them onto a background page to make a train picture.

As you can see, mine isn’t a beautiful work of art!

~ Try this really cute train fingerprint craft from Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails.
~ For a little science try making baking soda and vinegar trains.
~ This train counting activity is especially cute for preschoolers.
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