{"id":828,"date":"2014-02-20T20:17:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T02:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=828"},"modified":"2018-05-22T09:23:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T14:23:15","slug":"i-choo-choo-choose-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"I Choo Choo Choose You…"},"content":{"rendered":"

… to be my Valentine! For “Valentine’s Day” this year, I did a Train Storytime. And, I threw in a Valentine’s Day rhyme at the end so it was a festive Choo Choo Celebration \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

OPENING:
\nOpening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story<\/p>\n

PROGRAM:
\nRead-aloud #1: And the Train Goes… by William Bee
\nSong: A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track
\nAction Song: Peanut Butter and Jelly<\/a>
\nRead-aloud #2: I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges
\n*Fingerplay: Choo Choo Train
\nFingerplay: Ten Little Fingers
\nRead Aloud #3: Down By the Station by Jennifer Riggs Vetter
\n**Flannel: I Spy
\nFingerplay: Open, Shut Them
\nRead Aloud #4 (Big Book): Freight Train by Donald Crews
\nAction Song: If You’re Wearing Red Today
\n*Fingerplay: The Train
\nProp Rhyme: Valentine Friends<\/a>
\n\u201cDancing\u201d Song: \u201cThere’s a Little Wheel A-Turnin’ in My Heart\u201d from Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz<\/p>\n

CLOSING:
\nClosing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This<\/p>\n

*I found these rhymes on childfun.com<\/a><\/p>\n

**I Spy flannel (Source unknown)
\nI spy with my little eye
\nAnd you can hear with your little ear…
\nA yellow school bus go beep beep beep
\nAnd we all go traveling by by by
\nAnd we all go traveling by!
\n—>Other vehicles to add<\/em>: a shiny red truck go rumble rumble rumble, a shiny black train go choo choo choo, a bright pink bike go ding ding ding, a little blue boat go row row row<\/p>\n

Other Great Train Books: Trains by Patricia Hubbell, A Train Goes Clickety-Clack by Jonathan London, The Goodnight Train by June Sobel, Shark Vs. Train by Chris Barton, and Hey Mr. Choo-Choo, Where Are You Going? by Susan Wickberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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