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This is the way the grandparents move: plod, plod, plod, plod.

This is the way the parents move: left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right.

This is the way the children move: run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run.

This is the way the toddlers move: toddle, toddle, toddle, toddle, toddle, toddle, oops!

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Does the train move slowly or quickly, up hill or down? What speed is it travelling at the beginning?

What might you see from the windows of this train?

Can you hear the train’s whistle?

The Little Train of the Caipira; a piece of music written by Heitor Villa Lobos. His music describes a shuddering, juddering steam train chugging through Brazil and carrying the ‘caipira’ or ‘people of the countryside’ off to pick berries in the fields.