For Grown-Ups
The Train Yarder's games are made for young children, but the grown-ups beside them matter just as much. These short articles are about what children learn when they play with trains, how to play together, how to think about screen time, and ways to enjoy trains away from the screen.
Learning Through Train PlaySorting, sequencing, counting, planning and patience: the skills hiding inside train play.
Why Do Kids Love Trains?Big, powerful, predictable and full of stories: why trains capture young imaginations.
Playing Together and Screen TimeWhat to say while you play, when to help, and making screen time count.
Train Adventures Off the ScreenFloor railroads, cardboard trains, train watching, museums and rides.
Read-aloud train stories
True stories about real trains, told for young listeners, each with a grown-ups box of real facts. See all the train stories.