Teacher Resources

In this group art activity, each student will create their own unique track, and then all the tracks can be displayed together to show how our differences make life exciting and beautiful. Click here for the FREE printable.

This FREEBIE includes 16 addition clip cards with trains and tracks, directions for assembly, and additional information on the book. Click here for the FREE printable.

This freebie consists of 10 NO PREP PRINTABLE pages to use with your students, focusing on math and ELA. This set is intended to be used with first graders. You will find pages on addition, subtracting, doubling, story problems, fact families, rhymes, sight words, nouns/verbs, adjectives, and proofreading. (K, 1, 2) Click here for the free printable.

A fun way to get kids excited about vegetables through train play! Read the blog post at Play Trains! with several ideas for combining these two different toys, and then download a FREE printable poster to inspire your students to play in new ways.

This FREE packet includes nouns, adjectives, verbs, prediction and short and long vowels. The worksheets can be used as morning work, homework, for centers or review. Click here for the FREE printable.

This is a free set of journal pages inspired by the book “Old Tracks, New Tricks”. The file contains 8 writing pages that will inspire your students to write new adventures for the book’s characters. Click here for the FREE printable.

This product includes ideas for students to build and explore using the tracks and trains. It also includes a recording sheet for students to show how they played with the blocks each day. (PreK, K) Click here for the FREE printable.

This FREEBIE includes five writing activities designed for use with the book, Old Tracks, New Tricks, written by Jessica Petersen. Students write about the author’s message, problem and solution, sequence of events, and MORE! (1, 2, 3) Click here for the FREE printable.

In this word search students will find hidden words and spell a few rhyming words as well. (K, 1, 2) Click here for the FREE printable.

This free download is linked to the theme of trains and is perfect to accompany the story Old Tracks, New Tricks. This resource will encourage students to match two train tracks together to match the letters to the images that have the same initial letter. (K,1) Click here for this FREE printable.

This is a sample from the Math and Literacy Pack that includes a Trace the Track shape recognition activity. (PreK, K) Click here for the FREE printable.

This art activity is perfect to accompany the book Old Tracks, New Tricks. Working in groups, students will use wooden train tracks to design a track layout, then trace the tracks and add their own creative details such as train stations, parks, ponds, etc. Click here for the FREE printable. You can also read Art is Basic’s blog post about this activity.

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This FREEBIE contains images from the book and is a great way to work on final consonants after reading the book. Your students will love how the images on the pages/mats match the book! (PreK, K, 1, 2)

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This vocal exploration kit is a clever and engaging way to allow students the opportunity to experiment with high and low sounds. Designed to be used with Old Tracks, New Tricks by Jessica Petersen, this download contains 10 different vocalization paths for students to follow and 5 blank templates for students to use to create their own. (PreK, K, 1, 2) Click here for the FREE printable.

This mini unit includes: 3 days of simple, bulleted lesson plans, vocabulary cards and instructions, reading comprehension instruction and anchor chart for story elements, and a figurative language lesson (onomatopoeia). (1, 2, 3) Click here for the FREE resource.

After reading the book, have your students use the fun mats to think about using materials in new and creative ways. A great way to get kids really thinking! Click here for the FREE printable.

Perfect for teaching addition, subtraction, and number order in whole group lessons or math centers. These pieces have numbers and symbols that can be printed on magnet paper for whole group lessons or card-stock for math centers. Along with the printable math manipulatives you also get task cards to practice addition, subtraction, and number order. (PreK, K, 1, 2) Click here for the PAID printable.

Here is a fun and interactive way to have your young learners practice letter recognition and formation. (PreK, K, 1) Click here for this PAID printable resource.

In this fun, editable game students will practice and review phonics and/or spelling skills with this tic-tac-toe game modeled after the tic-TRACK-toe game in the book! (K, 1, 2) Click here for the PAID printable.

This resource includes 9 different comprehension activities. Each worksheet includes a short passage on top with 3 accompanying questions underneath. (K,1,2) Click here for this PAID printable resource.

This Math and Literacy Pack is filled with an assortment of activities for preschool and kindergarten (Prek, K) Click here for this PAID printable resource.

Read the book Old Tracks New Tricks with your kids. Then, use this easy and ready-to-go Create Your Own Train Track Character art activity to go along with the story. (PreK, K, 1, 2) Click here for the FREE printable. You can also read Art is Basic’s blog post about this activity, including a review of the book!

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Click here for the FREE printable for classroom use.

This is a FREE sequencing/retelling activity for Old Tracks, New Tricks.

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This product was designed to target common phonological processes. There are pages to target the following processes: final consonant deletion, cluster reduction (initial sblends), stopping, and velar fronting. There are also visual cues for final consonants and s blends. (PreK, K, 1, 2)

Open ended games for articulation, language and more! Use this freebie to engage your students during speech therapy sessions! (PreK, K, 1, 2) Click here for the FREE printable.

These fun CVC matching puzzles will be a great supplement to the book “Old Tracks, New Tricks”. This would be a great activity to add to a literacy center. Students match the beginning sound letters with a remaining VC to make a CVC word. (PreK, K, 1) Click here for the PAID printable.

These fun alphabet matching puzzles will be a great supplement to the book “Old Tracks, New Tricks”. This would be a great activity to add to a literacy center. (PreK, K, 1) Click here for the FREE printable.

These STEM building centers are perfect for tying your Language Arts and Science curriculum together! Read the book “Old Tracks, New Tricks” with your students and then have them complete these four engaging center activities to go with the book. (K,1) Click here for the FREE printable.

These word problem task cards pair with the book Old Tracks, New Tricks by The Innovation Press. The 9 word problems focus on numbers less than 10 and are perfect for Kindergarten or the beginning of First Grade. Click here for the FREE printable.

This freebie is a fun STEM activity that can be used any time of the year or at home with your own kids during the summer time! Students will come up with original and creative ways to build a train track! (1, 2, 3, 4) Click here for the FREE printable.

Do you know a student who loves trains? This STEM activity will have students using train tracks in new and creative ways and is a perfect companion to the book Old Tracks New Tricks by Jessica Petersen. (PreK, K, 1) Click here for the FREE printable.

Here’s an adorable writing activity to go along with the book, Old Tracks, New Tricks. Students practice creating their own comic strip by writing a dialogue between the fictional characters in the book! (1, 2, 3) Click here for this PAID resource.

Train-themed CVC word spelling practice worksheets that can be used with Old Tracks, New Tricks. (K, 1, 2) Click here for the PAID printable.

Four versions of train themed writing paper are included in this download. Two versions with primary handwriting lines and two versions with standard writing lines. Several writing prompt ideas are also included. (K, 1, 2) Click here for the FREE printable.

A fun craft activity to pair with Old Tracks, New Tricks. Click here for this FREE printable.

There are a variety of no-prep reading comprehension, writing, and art activities in this freebie that you can use as follow-up to Old Tracks, New Tricks. (PreK, K) Click here to get the FREE printable.

This pack with themed task cards offers your students opportunities to join the Maker Space Movement and embrace their creativity in the process! (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Click here for the FREE printable.

Click here for Art is Basic’s instructions for this fun train track art activity!