Listen Up! Train Song (Big, Little Concepts #2)
by Victoria Allenby (Author)
Where do the trains go?
There and back.
Let's sing a train song
All down the track.
Toddlers love trains and the noises they make. Listen Up! Train Song uses repeating verse and bright photographs to match this enthusiasm with a unique take on the conceptual sound book that is perfect for reading aloud. Each spread uses onomatopoeia to highlight the ting-a ling! of subway door chimes, the chuff-a-gruff-a! of a diesel engine, and more. And after the children have sung along through the colorful pages, a final note to caregivers offers enriching, age-appropriate activities to keep building their child's foundational learning skills.
A first expectation of kindergarten curriculums is for preschoolers to explore sounds, rhythms, and language structures. With repetitive, easy-to-remember verse from the award-winning author of Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That and Shape Up, Construction Trucks!, Victoria Allenby's Listen Up! Train Song invites its young audience to recognize the songs of the trainyard and to proudly sing their own.
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PreS-K--Train lovers will delight in this board book featuring photos of trains. Each spread corresponds with musical text. A refrain of "Let's sing a...song all down the track" makes this title a perfect match for story hours about things that go. Onomatopoeic words for various trains and train parts will encourage listeners to repeat and follow along. The back matter provides three developmentally appropriate activities and prompts to increase and extend engagement with children, making this a first purchase for the shelves.
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Praise for Listen Up! Train Song
The title is well-suited to reading out loud in story time settings as the text is rhythmic and repetitive, yet there is enough variety to interest young listeners from page to page...The text is greatly enhanced by the full-colour photographs which are rich in detail and successfully depict movement. —CM Magazine
An excellent way to introduce rhyming to young readers. [A] perfect read to pair with a hands-on activity. Similar to other books in this series the author also provides...ways that parents and educators can deepen the learning process with this book. —Youth Services Book Review
Calling all Train fans! This sturdy board book is filled with vibrant photographs of different types of trains...This book starts as a fun read for train lovers and can be extended to a vocabulary or musical exercise. It is a great addition to preschool books about trains. —YA Books Central
Allenby's book encourages participation and imagination, singing, and practicing rhyming...a solid, participatory read, and a highly recommended companion title for any young readers who love transportation or train books, or who have loved Shape Up, Construction Trucks!. —Fab Book Reviews
With kids often fascinated by trains, this book is sure to appeal to many. —Canadian Bookworm
A story to share aloud, teaching the importance of rhyme and rhythm in poetry while having fun with onomatopoeia. —The International Educator
With bright colors and large crisp photographs of trains in all sorts of situations, this is sure to be a hit with little ones...This book would work great in a transportation or train themed storytime. —Alissa Tsuparikos, Goodreads
Excellent storytime book for young children...Close up pictures show the train parts being talked about in each rhyme, helping young children visualize just what makes each noise. —Andrea, Goodreads
Absolutely gorgeous photo illustrations that the younger set and grownups too will love.... Great use of onomatopoeia with train sounds. —Amanda, Goodreads
JNF057050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation | Railroads & Trains
JNF036000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | General
JNF013100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Sounds
Railroad trains
Sounds, Words for
Onomatopoeic words
Railroald trains
