Teaching Teamwork with Thomas and Friends™

As a mom, finding ways to teach my boys teamwork and cooperation has always been a goal for me. From the time they were old enough to talk, I’ve reinforced sharing and cooperative play. While I want them to be capable of thinking for themselves, it’s always been important to me that they see how working together can help them achieve their goals. That’s one of the reasons that we’ve been fans of the Thomas & Friends™ franchise since my oldest was an itty, bitty little thing. Both my boys have spent endless hours of their childhood hooking together engines and seeing that Thomas and his friends really can do more when they work together. With the holidays coming up, I’m looking to continue these lessons through play with the Thomas & Friends™ Super Station™ set from Walmart! Designed to be compatible with ALL Thomas & Friends™ engine lines, these fabulous toys are an easy and fun way for teaching teamwork to children of all ages!

Any parent who has even watched or played with Thomas & Friends™ knows that one of the key skills these fun engines teach is that working together can always accomplish more. My little guy has loved following along on adventures with Thomas and seeing how he solves problems and overcomes obstacles by working together with his friends. Now, I’m being able to bring the concept of teamwork to life with the Thomas & Friends™ Super Station™ set from Walmart.

Whether Thomas and his engine friends are building a fort, operating a lemonade stands or simply keeping the Stream Team running smoothly, with the Super Station™ set it’s more fun than ever to have everyone work together! From a variety of trains to a variety of children, this set allows mini-engineers and their parents to see the benefits of teamwork right before their very eyes! We recently had a chance to play with the Super Station™ set and let me just tell you, it’s fun that’s perfect for any size and any age!

So how does this ultimate Thomas & Friends™ set encourage cooperation and collaboration? Let’s start with the ability for multiple Thomas & Friends™ engines to work together. This is the FIRST Thomas set that works with ALL the Thomas & Friends™ engines, including Thomas & Friends™ Adventures, TrackMaster™, MINIS and Wooden Railway engines. It’s a great visual reminder that size, shape and looks don’t matter at all when working towards a common goal. Just as the MINIS can work together with the TrackMaster™, it’s easy to show children that working together with anyone always helps to accomplish more!

Since different size trains can co-exist and do more on a track that fits them all, it’s easy to teach children lessons about working together! With a base that features tunnels and depicts iconic Sodor locations such as Brendam Docks, Knapfogrd Station, Steamworks, Dieselworks and Blue Mountain Quarry, from the minute this set is assembled there is fun and learning to be done! To start, they can race around the 35 feet of fun track that is configures into four easy designs to fit any space in any home! And since the set holds 100+ engines (sold separately and subject to availability) in a variety of sizes, there is always room for more of Thomas’s friends!

This awesome set comes with TrackMaster™ Thomas, Adventures Percy, MINIS James and Harold to get the adventure started but in my mind, the amazing thing about this set is that new, old, small and large engines can all enjoy the fun that it offers!

Together, kids can race side-by-side down dual racetracks that allow multiple children to play and race at one time. They can discover the different levels of this multi-system track set and with mom and dad’s help, they can make the longest track around or play with their minis on the micro layout that can be created by removing the play log sets. They can pull engines behind them up the hills and around the curves using the TrackMaster™ toys or they can line op their minis at the top of the hill and see which on reaches the bottom first. They can continue the fun with a variety of ways to play that include ractracks, cargo play, raising, lowering and attaching cargo to Cranky the Crane, playing on Harold’s helipad and using the turntable with a stop-track lever. As if all of that wasn’t enough to encourage hours of fun the set also includes 4 adapters to allow little engineers to connect Super Station™ to other Thomas & Friends™ playsets (sold separately and subject to availability).

The point is, the ways to play and learn about cooperation are endless with this Super Station™ and a variety of Thomas & Friends™ engines! Whether playing with siblings or playing with friends, this amazing set is the perfect way to challenge kids to collaborate towards a shared purpose which is vital to their social and emotional development and can cultivate interpersonal skills that can last a lifetime! While they may think that they are just playing, they are really learning life skills while having fun!

With all the hours of fun and important lessons that the Super Station™ set from Walmart provides, it’s the perfect toy for your kiddos this holiday season! Want to pick it up today? Click here to order yours from Walmart.com or look for it with the Thomas & Friends™ toys at your local Walmart.

If teaching teamwork and cooperation while having tons of fun with all the Thomas loving kiddos in your life is high on your wish list this holiday season, I encourage you to bring home the Thomas & Friends™ Super Station™ set from Walmart.

Then grab your kids, invite over their friend and enjoy all the fun and important lessons that playing with this amazing set can teach!

Ready to add the Thomas & Friends™ Super Station™ set to your home today? Purchase it at Walmart and Walmart.com!

Then tell me, who do you know that would enjoy playing while learning to work together with the Thomas & Friends™ Super Station™ set?