| Here is the engine on the track |
(hold up thumb) |
| Here is the coal car, just in back |
(hold up pointer finger) |
| Here is the box car to carry freight |
(hold up middle finger) |
| Here is the mail car - don't be late |
(hold up ring finger) |
| And way back here, at the end of the train |
(hold up little finger) |
| Rides the caboose through the sun |
(hold index fingers and thumbs overhead to form "the sun") |
| And the rain! |
(make it "rain" with your fingers) |
| Down by the station |
(point away from self) |
| Early in the morning |
(raise hands over head like the sun coming up) |
| See the little pufferbellies |
(move arms at side like the wheels of a train) |
| All in a row |
(spread arms wide) |
| See the station master |
(point to self) |
| Turn the little handle |
(pretend to turn a handle) |
| Puff, puff, |
(put hands by cheeks to "puff" out) |
| Toot, toot |
(pretend to pull on a chain or string) |
| Off we go! |
(move arms at side like the wheels if a train) |
Note: Moving arms like the wheels of a train, children can walk in a line or a circle, like a "train". |
Activities in February
