The theme of train

This week our theme is train. We do not use train often nowadays, but it was the most important transportation tool in last two centuries. During the height of the industry, commonly referred to as the "Golden Age" from the late 19th century through the 1920s there were more than 254,000 miles of railroad in service. Sadly, as the 20th century progressed rail began to lose its luster.

Children are always attracted to trains and railroads for the power, the movement and the sound.  We set up a train set of Thomas and friends this week, our children learned to play with it very fast. The large train set is wonderful for group play.

train set

train set

Each child  made a train with cardstock paper

making a train

train

Train coloring