Trains

Rail and road system Ian built

Ian and Eric spend hours playing trains.  They design track layouts, drive trains, build trains with blocks, and even couple themselves with clothes hangers and chug around the house.  The boys enjoy watching Thomas the Tank Engine and retelling the stories to me.  Favorite train related vocabulary words include buffer, siding, couple, and shunting.

Books:  Stop, Train, Stop! A Thomas the Tank Engine Story by Awdry;  Terrific Trains by Mitton;  The Little Engine That Could Giant Lift-and-Learn Book by Piper