Storytelling Meets Track Time

Need a preschool activity that’s fun, screen-free, and actually educational? Felt board stories and wooden train sets are your new best friends. They’re quiet, hands-on, and perfect for building imagination and storytelling skills in little learners.

Whether you’re setting up for circle time, planning an at-home play corner, or creating a classroom activity, here’s how to combine felt pieces and train tracks for hours of creative fun.

Tiny Land® Wooden Train Set – 110 pcs

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This jumbo train set is a full pretend play world in a box! With tracks, magnetic trains, buildings, trees, signs, and vehicles, kids can create their own town and tell stories as they play. Pair this with a farm-themed or community helper felt board set for a storytelling session that transitions seamlessly to floor play.

Learning focus:
Builds sequencing, storytelling, and fine motor skills.

🧡 Felt Board Tip:
Set the scene with felt animals or community characters, then have kids act out what happens next using their trains.

Tiny Land® Wooden Track Trains – 55 pcs

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This mid-sized set is a perfect fit for smaller play spaces or preschool classrooms. It includes a bridge, curved tracks, signs, and trains enough to keep kids busy without the clutter. It’s great for combining with felt board stories that explore seasons, transportation, or even friendship lessons.

💡 Creative idea:
Tell a felt board story about going on a journey. Then let kids “drive” their trains through matching story scenes.

Wooden Train Set – 39 pcs

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Simple, sturdy, and just right for beginners. This 39-piece set works great for younger preschoolers or quiet time activities. It’s easy to pair with bug, ocean, or animal habitat felt sets just imagine your train chugging through a jungle or under the sea!

🧡 Quiet Time Setup:
Set out a train track on one side of the play mat and a felt board on the other. Kids can go back and forth between the two for creative, independent play.

Why Combine Felt Board Stories with Wooden Train Sets?

It’s simple: kids love stories, and they love movement. When you combine the two, you unlock:

Language development through storytelling
Motor skills from building and placing train pieces
Problem-solving and creativity
A rich learning environment that feels like play

Best of all, this combo works at home, in classrooms, or on the go.

💡 Teaching Tip

Need an easy activity idea?
🟠 Pick a felt story theme
🟠 Invite your child to retell the story using train pieces
🟠 Add a fun twist like the train delivers something important in the story!

This approach strengthens retelling, sequencing, and imaginative thinking all aligned with early childhood education standards.