Story Sacks: How to train a train
Story Sack 3: How to Train a Train
A book for any child who has ever wanted their own pet train. Learn all about trains, where they live, how to catch one and how to care for them.
A book for any child who has ever wanted their own pet train. Learn all about trains, where they live, how to catch one and how to care for them.
Story Sack Contains:
- A Board book copy of How to Train a Train.
- A hardback copy of Trains, a Non-fiction picture book.
- A pair of nets and some coal to go train hunting with
- Two wooden train whilstles so that you can make the call of the wild train
- A set of different wooden trains so that you can find your ideal pet.
Teachers Pack
- Information about the Story Sacks and how to use them.
- A series of resources for suggested activities including:
- Sequencing Number Cards: A set of numbered cards showing the different stages of train training for children to sequence in order. (Also available in the pack laminated and ready-cut).
- We’re Going on a Train Hunt: Poem and activity cards encouraging children to act out the story and join in with the repeating language patterns. (Also available in the pack laminated and ready-cut).
- Your Ideal Train: a set of templates of various train types encouraging children to design their ideal train using paint, collage, crayons etc. Also with optional writing frame.
- Mapping your route: A set of mapping templates to inspire children to create their own map of the train hunt, using either the original obstacles, or making up some of their own.