Description
About the book. Trains, stations, and tracks form the framework for The Big Book of Train Activities. Lonely Planet Kids has gathered over 80 activities combining train facts with word and picture tasks. The book can come along on a train journey or provide an activity at the kitchen table for children who enjoy drawing, investigating, and solving small challenges.
Content. Here you will find word searches, crosswords, mazes, hidden pictures, and dot-to-dot puzzles, among other things. Colouring by numbers offers another way to engage with the illustrations. The featured pages include a station word search, codes with train carriages, and space to write a short train-themed poem. The activities vary between filling in, searching for details, and forming your own answers.
Who is this book suitable for? For train-loving children who enjoy an activity book with several types of challenges. Choose one page at a time, and feel free to alternate between word tasks and drawing. The book is in English, so an adult can help with instructions and unfamiliar words. A train journey can also provide new things to look out for outside the window and talk about when you bring out the book again.
Use and activities. Read the instructions together with an adult when English words need explaining, and let the child choose an activity that seems exciting. Set up a small workspace and gather what you need for the chosen activity before starting. It’s good to take one page or one project at a time, allowing time to try out their own solutions. Let the child explain their thinking, and use the illustrations as support when working through a task. Feel free to switch between word tasks, drawing, and other activity types if the child wants variety or a short break. The activities can provide a starting point for conversations in Norwegian, even though the instructions and labels in the product are in English. It can be just as rewarding to explore a suggestion together as it is to finish all the tasks at once.
About the edition. English-language edition, published 2024. 96 pages. ISBN 9781837582976.
