Flannel Friday: This Little Train

This is most definitely an "Inspired by Flannel Friday" post. A few weeks ago Roving Fiddlehead gave us a bunch of songs and rhymes to use in conjunction with the train templates that Melissa from Mel's Desk shared with us. I knew that I wanted to design my own pieces, so that my engine would match the crafts that the kids were making at the end of story time. Then the rest of the train cars had to match the engine and... you get the point. 


But I pondered for a long time which rhyme or song I would use. I settled on "This Little Train." The link that Roving Fiddlehead provides, to the BCSL Children's Wiki, was more than I wanted to navigate while I tried to fit planning story time in to the rest of my day, so I found this version and mixed and matched versions until I got one that worked for me.*

This little train

painted green

it goes chugging

full of steam

This little car

painted blue

it has seats

for me and you

This little car

painted yellow

see it shimmy

and shake like jello

This little car

painted red

it is headed

off to bed

With a choo, choo

toot, toot

hear the whistle blow

This little train goes chugging home.

*"Worked for me" might be an exaggeration. Not only did I forget the tune to "this Old Man" and have to ask for help from the other adults in the room, I also forgot what the red caboose was supposed to be doing. I ended up singing "He's not standing/ on his head."

UPDATE: Here are patterns for the train cars I made.