This week in Nursery we have started to look at our new book, The Train Ride by June Crebbin. In the story, a little girl travels by train through different scenery and notices all sorts of things as she looks out of the window!
You can listen to the story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMmO7QNd57Q
In our learning this week, we thought about the things she might see and some of us set up our own train track and our train chugged past a zoo, a town and a farm!
We have also been exploring the track patterns made by the trains as they move through our playdough. We noticed that we could make straight and wiggly lines!
On the journey, the train passes through a town where the little girl can see houses, offices and a church. We used duplo to build our own towns for our trains to pass through.
How you can help at home:
* Go on a train journey and talk about what you can see out of the window
* Practice counting in everyday life e.g needing four knives and four forks for dinner
* Read other books about trains or journeys
* Encourage your child to speak in full sentences by modelling back to them e.g child says, “Red train”, adult responds by saying, “Yes, the red train has left the station.”
* Discuss your daily routines at home using time words – e.g. first we brush our teeth, then we eat breakfast.