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Train Songs : Down at the Station

January 25, 2022 By Sara Mullett 6 Comments

Down At the Station is one of the great train songs because it combines the passion that many small children have for trains with some useful counting practice at the same time. Here is a great way to bring the song to life – whilst learning some numbers!

Down at the station early in the morning,

See the little puffa trains all in a row,

See the engine driver turn the little handle,

Puff, puff, chuff, chuff, off we go!

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Down at the Station Train Song Activity ideas

Line the trains up, counting as you go. As you sing the song, one train moves off down the track. Ask the children how many are left, and repeat the song in this way until all the trains have gone.

Use fingers to help with the counting as well as an exaggerated action of turning the engine handle, which is lots of fun. Encourage plenty of puffing and chuffing and a few high pitched toot-toots!

Free Sheet Music for Down At The Station (Easy Piano)

Free Sheet Music for Piano - A Train Song called Down At the Station

To continue the train themed activity, you can play these lovely classic train songs; Puffin Billy and Chattanooga Choo Choo and actually pretend to be the trains. If you have a few children you can get them to link up behind each over, conga style. Choose two people to be a bridge and the others can go through it.

Chattanooga Choo Choo – Glenn Miller Orchestra

 Puffin Billy

If you’re looking for more train songs for kids, or classical music for train-loving kids, visit this great post on Classical Train Music from Play Trains!

If you’re looking for more transport themed activities, check out our Buses & Trains lesson plan for a 30 minute, structured and lively lesson!

Educational Benefits of this train song

Counting songs are an excellent way to develop early numeracy skills. Check out our Pinterest board full of counting songs here:

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Filed Under: Action songs, Counting Songs, Preschoolers, Toddlers, Transport songs Tagged With: Free Sheet Music, Trains

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  1. Susan Call Hutchison says

    April 29, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    I had never heard the title of “Puffing Billy” before, or realized it was about a steam train. Thanks to you (and Google) now I have. I recognized it immediately as “Captain Kangaroo’s Theme Song,” But that would only be known by Americans who were kids who watched television in the 60’s, I think!

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    • Sara says

      April 30, 2013 at 10:19 am

      Hi Susan, I’m glad you like it! In the UK it was played as the theme tune to a popular children’s BBC radio programme in the 1950’s. It is very nolstalgic isn’t it?

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    • Sara_QCMusic says

      April 30, 2013 at 7:54 pm

      Hi Susan, I’m glad you like it! In the UK it was played as the theme tune to a popular children’s BBC radio programme in the 1950′s. It is very nolstalgic isn’t it?

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