Lessons on trains

Last week Caleb and I did lessons on trains. We found tons of library books about trains. On Wednesday when we went to story time at the library we found out the book theme of the day was also trains. They always pass out a take-home activity each week, which was train cut-outs. Caleb had fun putting them on the paper and drawing smoke and mountains. Another day we made a train using shapes, and Friday we made a train using food. Caleb used rectangle and square crackers, uncooked spaghetti, Mike & Ike candy, and chocolate chips. Here is a picture of the trains.

I'd already picked our theme of trains when I read in the paper about the train show over the weekend. Daddy and Caleb went to it last year and were planning to go this year. However, it was cancelled because Hurricane Ike evacuees were being housed in the location. Another event was scheduled, though, at the train depot. We got to get on an old locomotive where Caleb had fun ringing the bell. They had the various train cars open so we walked through those too. Then the boys rode the hand cars. It was the perfect way to end our week about trains!

This past week we learned about airplanes. Daddy brought us pictures from his trip, both at the airport, from the window of his plane, and from the National Air & Space Museum.

(We are all home safely and are getting a few things put away and clothes washed this morning!)

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"Winter is an etching,
Spring a watercolor,
Summer an oil painting, and
Autumn a mosaic of them all." Stanley Horowitz