Pack Rally's Suitcase: A Sorting and Counting to 5 Lesson for Preschool and Pre-K
A free, 30-minute preschool and Pre-K math lesson where children help Rally the Corgi pack. They hear pages 1 and 2 of Rally Takes the Train, sort picture cards of toys, clothes and snacks on a suitcase mat, then count up to 5 items into a suitcase and say how many. Includes printables and a family note.
Choo-Choo Chant: Train Rhyming and Syllable Clapping Activities for Preschool and Pre-K
A free, 30-minute preschool and Pre-K phonological awareness lesson. Children hear the rhymes in Rally Takes the Train, say whether two words rhyme, finish rhyming lines out loud, then clap the syllables of train words like sta-tion and lo-co-mo-tive while chugging as a class train. Includes rhyme picture cards and a family note.
Brave Like Rally: A Feelings and Courage Lesson for Preschool and Pre-K
A free, 30-minute preschool and Pre-K social emotional lesson. Children name excited, scared and happy from Rally's faces in Rally Takes the Train, practice three calming tools (a big breath, holding a hand, looking for the light), then walk through a play tunnel with a flashlight saying "I can be brave." Includes printables and a family note.
Ramp Races for Preschool: A Train STEM Activity About What Makes a Train Go
A free, 30-minute preschool and Pre-K/TK science lesson where children find out what makes a toy train go. They hear the train start and slow in Rally Takes the Train, learn how real engines are turned and stopped, then race trains down low and high ramps and circle which one went farther.
All Aboard! A Train Station Dramatic Play Lesson for Preschool and Pre-K
A free, 35-minute preschool and Pre-K/TK lesson that turns your dramatic play area into a train station. Children hear Rally board the train and meet Mr. Conductor, learn about real train and museum jobs, then take turns as conductor, passenger, ticket seller and helper while using polite words.
Our Class Train Museum: A Pretend Museum Lesson for Preschool and Pre-K
A free, 40-minute preschool and Pre-K/TK lesson where children build a pretend train museum. They compare Rally's red train car with a historic car from a real museum guide, choose toy trains and pictures to display, dictate museum labels, then take turns as junior docents telling visitors about one object.
Train Story Sequencing for Kindergarten: Beginning, Middle and End
A free, 35-minute kindergarten lesson where children retell Rally Takes the Train in order. They hear the story, sort beginning, middle and end on a class chart, connect it to a real train trip, then order three picture cards with a partner. Includes printable cards, a checklist and a family note.
Fear and Courage Lesson for Kindergarten: Rally's Feelings in the Tunnel
A free, 35-minute kindergarten SEL lesson about fear and courage. Children name how Rally feels in the dark tunnel and how they know, rate feelings on a 3-color feelings thermometer, practice balloon breathing, then draw a time they were brave on a brave badge. Includes printables, a checklist and a family note.
Counting Train Cars for Kindergarten: Count and Compare Numbers to 20
A free, 40-minute kindergarten math lesson built on a train picture book. Children count train cars and windows, build cube trains to match number cards from 1 to 20, then line up two trains to compare them as greater than, less than or equal. Includes counting mats, a compare sheet, a checklist and a family note.
Map Rally's Journey: Position Words and Map Skills for Kindergarten
A free, 40-minute kindergarten lesson on position words and simple maps. Children use the book's pictures to learn above, below, beside, in front of, behind and next to, look at the real train route on a map, then place cut-out scenes on a picture map of Rally's trip. Includes a rail safety talk.
Push and Pull Train STEM Lesson for Kindergarten: Pushes, Pulls and a Ramp Design
A free, 40-minute kindergarten science lesson where children push and pull a toy train to see how strength and direction change its motion. They hear Rally Takes the Train, learn how real engines are turned, then design a bumper or ramp that steers the train toward a station. Includes recording sheets and a family note.
Rhyming Activities for Kindergarten: Rhyme Time with Rally and the Train
A free, 35-minute kindergarten phonological awareness lesson built on the rhymes in Rally Takes the Train. Children hear the teacher model rhyme, judge rhyme pairs with thumbs up or down, match picture rhyme cards and produce new rhymes, including silly nonsense words. All tasks are oral. Includes cards and a family note.
Train Museum Reading Lesson for Kindergarten: What's Inside a Train Museum?
A free, 40-minute kindergarten informational text lesson. Children hear a real train museum guide read aloud, ask and answer questions about key details, match photos to words, and compare Rally's red train car to an old streetcar. The class writes three questions for a real museum. Includes an I-spy sheet, compare sheet and family note.
Kindergarten Train Lesson Plans and Activities
Seven free kindergarten train lessons from one picture book: sequencing, rhyming, counting to 20, position words, push and pull, feelings. Printables.
Preschool and Pre-K Train Activities
Six free preschool and Pre-K train activities for a transportation theme: sorting, rhyme, feelings, ramps, station dramatic play and a class museum.
Rally Takes the Train Read-Aloud Guide
Page-by-page read-aloud questions for preschool, Pre-K and kindergarten.
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