This flannelboard has been a labor of love. I started working on this in August, during some downtime. After doing one car just plain out of felt, I decided I really wanted to re-learn how to embroider. So, this became my guinea pig. My goal was to have it finished by the new year!
I got this template from KizClub and it’s the pattern for “Freight Train.” I added most, but not all, of the details to the cars. Since I did so much sewing, I wound up backing each piece with a piece of black felt so that the knots were glued down and hidden away if/when the preschoolers handle this one.
While you can substitute these pieces for the book, I wanted to use them as a rhyme and Melissa gave me the perfect opportunity when she posted her rhyme “Clickety Clack.”
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack,
Here comes the train on the railroad track!
Clickety-clunn, clickety-clunn,
Here comes ENGINE number one.
Clickety-clew, clickety-clew,
Here comes COAL CAR number two.
Clickety-clee, clickety-clee,
Here comes BOX CAR number three.
Clickety-clore, clickety-clore,
Here comes TANK CAR number four.
Clickety-clive, clickety-clive,
Here comes COACH CAR number five.
Clickety-clicks, clickety-clicks,
Here’s the CABOOSE, that’s number six.
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack,
There goes the train on the railroad track!
Choo-choooooooo! Goodbye!
And I also found another rhyme that doesn’t use all the cars, but still works on SurLaLune Storytime:
Flannel Board
This Little Train
(Sung to: “This Old Man”)
This little train, painted black
It comes chugging down the track
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This little car painted blue
It has seats for me and you
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This little car painted yellow
It shimmies and shakes like a bowl of jello
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This little car, painted green
It’s the fanciest car you’ve seen,
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This caboose; it is red
It will take you home to bed
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
So there you go — multiple options to use the same pieces for any trains/things that go storytime!
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Linda is hosting this week’s Flannel Friday — you can find the round-up at her blog! Melissa is the founder of Flannel Friday! Anne has the archive and schedule of who is hosting Flannel Friday.
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storytime katie 
These are GORGEOUS! You must be so proud of what you accomplished!
Would you make me a set? 😉 LOL!
It has been so long since I embroidered or cross-stitched anything that I’m not sure I remember how.
Maybe a project like this would get me back in the stitch of things…
I love both songs! What wonderful additions to a transportation storytime or even to a color storytime. Thank you!
You should pick up a needle again. I was surprised at how quickly it came back. (I did cross-stitch as a kid.) We had a lot of fun with this set this week in train storytime!
Katie, you make the most beautiful flannels ever. I love how much care and work you put into them. It’s obvious you have a lot of passion for your job! Very inspiring to the rest of us. 🙂
Thanks, Anne. 😀
Katie, your train is absolutely beautiful. Bravo!
Thank you!
Wow, this is fantastic! Great job, and you’ll be able to use it for so many things.
Thank you! It is a very versatile set.
Great flannel and song. Thanks. I find that using flannel makes circle so much more interesting.
Jodie
wonderful! just what i needed and just in time!
I’m glad to hear that! Enjoy!
There are so many children in our library that go crazy for trains! This theme is a must! I am having trouble accessing the pattern. Is there another place to find it? Thank you.
I’m sorry, Bobbie, the link is still working for me. It’s a PDF file.
Thank you Katie, I was able to follow the link for Melissa’s pattern, but I could not follow the KidzClub link. It just took me to an error page. No worries. Thank you for being you! I could not, would not have made it through my first two years of this job without you.