All aboard!

The OLES train station is open for business.  Tickets are being sold at an alarming rate, so you'd better get your seat soon.  In all seriousness, the preschoolers are really enjoying this new learning center.  They each take turns dramatizing the roles of railroad employees as well as train passengers.  Now that we're traveling by train in February, the preschoolers look at a map of the United States instead of looking at a map of the world, so that they can see where we should go each day. 

While we have the large Amtrak train in the station that the preschoolers can ride on, the preschoolers also painted some extra boxcars for a train that can actually move around the classroom.  This moveable train has allowed us to discuss ordinal numbers and to work on our identification our numbers in the teens.  Lastly, our music teacher, Ms. Ricci, has taught us some fun train songs to add to our learning.  We are right on track for learning as much language as possible!