Train Medley Lyrics
Down by the station, early in the morning,
see the little puffer trains all in a row.
See the engine driver pull the little handle,
choo, choo, puff, puff, off we go!
Puffer train, puffer train,
noisy little puffer train.
If you’re going to the sea,
puffer train oh, please take me!
Down by the station, early in the morning,
see the little puffer trains all in a row.
See the engine driver pull the little handle.
Choo, choo, puff, puff, off we go!
Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga,
chugga-chugga, choo choo.
Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga,
chugga-chugga, choo choo.
*A little train goes down the track
Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga,
chugga-chugga, choo choo.
And whistles toot-toot when it comes back.
Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga,
chugga-chugga, choo choo.
Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga,
chugga-chugga, choo choo.
*Repeat
Train Medley Learning Activities
Music
• Listen to the tempo of the song – ask children to identify the section of the song when the beat goes faster?
• Choose an instrument, found sound (e.g. tap a pencil on the floor) or body percussion (slap knees) to play along to the beat of the song.
Drama
• “Faster/Slower Louder/Softer”. Children keep a beat on their knees. A leader uses conducting signals to make the beat go faster and louder, slower and softer.
Visual Arts
• Construct a train using a variety of materials e.g. boxes, bottle tops…
Literacy
• Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning “Do it, see it and hear it!”
Print out the song PDF
• Read the song lyrics – ask children a variety of questions.
• Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
• Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. “ ” ! ? . ,
• Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
• Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
• Word study – phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.
