Ages 5-7 Video Playlist
Click a video to chug down the tracks of train transportation!
How Do Trains Work?
Steam Trains for Children — Gecko’s Real Vehicles
Get a behind-the-scenes tour of a real steam train to learn how it works and about the people that keep it running.
Trains for Children With Blippi — Steam Train Tour
Ride along in the train’s cab with the engineer and fireman to learn about the parts of a steam train.
Trains for Kids — Things That Go TV!
Check out how newer types of trains work. What do they carry? How fast can they go?
So You Want to Work With Trains?
I Want To Be a Train Engineer — Can You Imagine That? — Radical Jr.
Find out what it takes to drive a train. What are you responsible for?
Janaye Wants to Be a Train Conductor — CBC Kids
Did you know that train conductors have secret signals to talk to engineers? Find out more about the conductor’s job.
I Want to Be a Roller Coaster Engineer — Can You Imagine That? — Radical Jr.
Think it would be fun to design and test roller coasters? Find out more about this type of engineer.
Cartoons, Songs and Read Aloud Stories
“Riding on a Train” — The Train Song by Storybots — Netflix Jr
Sing about what you’ve learned about trains on a clickety-clackety ride with Storybots.
Let’s Take the Subway — Sing Along with Tobee — Super Simple Songs
Learn what it’s like to take the subway for the first time in this sing-along.
Transsiberian Express (Russia to Mongolia) — Mouk in English
Follow two world-traveling friends on a train adventure. What new people and places do they discover?