Toys I Make, Trips I Take
What’s the train going to do next? It depends on where you are in our Train-Is-A-Comin’ activity.
This game—purchasing a ticket, leaving the station, going faster—gives your preschooler the notion that some things happen in order. It’s a concept called sequence of events. Like turning pages of his/her favorite book, your child can predict what happens next in the sequence. Simply knowing what happens next gives your preschooler a sense of confidence and control about his/her world.
At home this week, look for other sequences, such as what happens from the time your family gets up to when you go to school to how you end your day.
This week your assignment in class is to look around your home and find objects that make noises that are representative of the different aspects of our chant, Choo-Choo Train. I’ve written the chant below with the instruments we used in class. You don’t have to bring anything in with you unless your child finds some new noisemaker he/she would particularly like to share with the class.
This is a choo-choo train rolling down the track (egg shakers)
Now it’s going forward. Now it’s going back. (Glockenspiel)
Hear the bell a’ringing. (triangle)
Hear the whistle blow. (train whistle)
What a lot of noise it makes everywhere it goes. (all instruments)
A fun way of representing forward and back is to fill glasses with different levels of water. Put the glasses in the order according to water level. You can then use a spoon to play the ascending and descending sounds.
Below you will find a video that demonstrates one mans use of water bottles to create music.
See you on Monday!
SuzAnne