The Train Ride

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There are lots of ways The Train Ride can be used in your class but discussions are a great way to encourage participation, opinion and confidence. As you're reading the story why not pause and ask your class some of these questions? READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. Grouped in four progressive levels, Read and Share books - available individually for the first time - are specially selected for qualities that encourage literacy skills and a love of reading. A great book to read over again, the simple sentence structure and repetition provides a starting point for recognising how words look. If you enjoy using this story with your children, you will probably also like these The Train Ride Cut-Outs. These can help your children in re-telling the story, while developing their imagination and communication skills. Climb aboard for a rhythmic train ride through the country. There's lots to see and someone very special waiting at the end!

Retell the fantastic story of 'The Train Ride' by June Crebbin with this engaging book-making activity. Use the simple step-by-step guide to turn our printable The Train Ride PDF into a fun zigzag booklet. What a great way to inspire children to write stories about trains and transport and become authors themselves! Asking questions to allow students to predict what might come up next and contribute to class. The vibrant pictures can provide hints for this, which would also allow students to identify what they see (Geese, sheep, farm, balloon, etc). Perhaps by reading out some false objects, the class will recognise that this is wrong and correctly identify the right objects. The pictures and repetitive poetic structure will allow them to do this. This is a lovely book by June Crebbin which is about a little girl who goes on a train ride to visit her grandma. The reader goes on a journey with the little girl as she discovers different things in her environment and describes what she sees on the way. She sees a hot air balloon, a boat, a light house, her reflection and animals. The illustrations are bright and draw the readers attention. Repetition is also used in the book to involve all children for example the question "What do you see?" is asked throughout the book. I would recomend this book for children in nursery and getting children to think about the different modes of transport that we can use. This book can also be used to discuss what they see on their own journeys when on a bus or on a train for example.

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Other follow up activities can then be carried out such as using pictures of the what she saw to sequence the story.

A colourful picture book, following the train journey of a girl and her mother to visit her grandmother. Four progressive levels - Beginnings, Early Steps, Next Steps, and Taking Off - each including four fabulous picture books All you need to get started is our handy template, as well as some crayons, pens, and pencils! Then, have children follow the simple instruction guide to fold the paper. Not only will this create their mini zigzag booklet, but it will also give your little learners an opportunity to develop key fine motor skills.

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Play a game like ‘I went to market and I bought…’ ‘I went on a train ride and I saw….sheep running off’ ‘I went on a train ride and I saw sheep running off and a shiny red tractor etc…’ Find the rhyme game

Invite your children to talk about, retell and sequence the lovely children’s story ‘The Train Ride’ using these colourful story sequencing cards. Created in collaboration with Walker Books, you’ll find that The Train Ride Sequencing Cards will be an engaging resource to use with children of all ages. Two full spreads inside each book offering suggestions and activities inspired by the story, designed to help parents and children get the most out of each book - and build a foundation for reading success Are you reading the well-loved picture book ‘The Train Ride’ by June Crebbin with your class? Or, perhaps it’s one of your favourite books to read with your children at home. No matter the reason, support your little ones to use vocabulary from the story with these The Train Ride Words. Overall this book can be used to it's full potential as part of a a 'themed week' such as; modes of transportation, animals, poetry or, the environment, to name a few.