Child development opportunities
* To listen carefully to instructions and respond quickly as a group.
* To talk about speed and vehicles such as trains.
* To feel how the body reacts to fast and slow movements.
How to play
* Talk about fast and slow trains and the noises they might make.
* Divide the children into groups of threes or fours. One child is the train driver, the others the carriages.
* The children form the train by putting their arms around the waist of the person in front of them.
* Demonstrate each type of train and give children time to try making a slow train or a fast train before you play.
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