Train Do-A-Dot

After reading The Little Engine That Could we did a different train Do-A-Dot worksheet this morning that can be printed out from here for free. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the q-tip painted train to print, so we needed a quick fill in.

Sutton didn't finish her blue and purple train, but the other kids had fun doing their "dots." I think it's time to get a second set of Do-A-Dot markers so they don't have to take turns with colors. These are the ones I currently have.

Name trains

We made name trains today from Tippytoe Crafts. I can't wait until the kids can start cutting (correctly) on their own! This was a lot of cutting and I didn't have it prepped ahead of time so the kids were losing patience.

I drew tracks on paper, gave the kids an engine and had them color it while I made little squares (cars) with each letter of their names. As I was getting each one done I was handing them out. 

By the time they got done coloring our daycare friend and Lucian were done and didn't want to glue the trains together, so Suttin helped me do all 3.

Sutton's train is in space and those are various planets, in case you were wondering. 

Train Do-A-Dot

We did some Do-A-Dot worksheets from Gift of Curiosity's Transportation Pack today. We've done quite a few of those free worksheets now. The kids LOVE Do-A-Dot anything, so they were actually waiting at the printer when I told them what we were doing.

My kids did two sheets where they "dot" the letter T's (for train), and our daycare friend who just turned 2 did a simple sheet where she just filled in the dot's of the letter "T."

Toilet paper roll trains

To my sons delight, it is train week this week. We have plenty of Thomas books, and several other train books to go with our projects, so I won't even need the library this week. Today's project was toilet paper roll trains.

This morning the kids colored basic train shapes that I cut out.

When they were done, I placed toilet paper roll wheels in them. I cut each roll in half, then cut a slit in each one to insert the paper train.