Preschool Rhymes for Transportation Themes

	Rhymes for Transportation Themes
	Preschool children breathe life into these transportation early childhood songs, fingerplays and action rhymes as they create sounds and movements to accompany the descriptive words. These transportation rhymes are great for circle time, dramatic play, waiting times, and they provide terrific traveling music. The Transportation Activity Theme is in the Rainbow Resource Room Print this Theme
	Transportation Songs, Fingerplays, Poems and Rhymes
Rhyme Navigation Animal Rhymes Counting and Number Rhymes Community Helper Rhymes Insect and Bug Rhymes Self and Family Rhyme Theme Special Occasion Rhymes Transition Time Rhymes Search the Preschool Rainbow	Down By the Station A classic transportation song suggested by Pam S. Down by the station Early in the morning See the little pufferbellies All in a row See the station master Turn the little handle Puff, puff, toot, toot Off we go! Wagon Improvise a tune to this song offered by Pam S. Bumping up and down in my little red wagon Bumping up and down in my little red wagon Bumping up and down in my little red wagon Let's ride off together! Repeat using * My little brown donkey * My little black buggy * My little blue trolley * My little green airplane * My little white sailboat Lonely Bus Driver Pam S. offers this transportation and counting rhyme. Improvise a tune and it's a song! One lonely bus driver all alone and blue He picked up a passenger and then there were two. Two people riding, they stopped by a tree They picked up a passenger, and then there were three. Three people riding, they stopped by a store They picked up a passenger, and then there were four. Four people riding, happy and alive, They picked up a passenger, and then there were five. Five people riding open swung the door Four passengers got off the bus, The driver's alone once more. The Wheels of The Bus Children perform actions and sounds suggested by the words The wheels of the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round The wheels of the bus go round and round All through the town. The driver of the bus says Move On Back! Move On back! Move On Back! The driver of the bus says Move On Back! All through the town. The people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down. The people on the bus go up and down all through the town. *Substitute these also:* The horn of the bus goes beep beep beep. The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish. The doors on the bus go open and shut. The bell on the bus goes ding-ding-ding. The driver on the bus says, "Move on back"... The lady on the bus says, "Get off my feet"... The baby on the bus goes, "Wa-Wa-Wa"... The people on the bus say, "We had a nice ride"... Use a child's name as in "Mark on the bus say Let Me Off!" etc. I'm A Little Airplane Thank you Pam S.* for this cute action song!* (tune "I'm a Little Teapot") I'm a little airplane, (children raise arms at sides to shoulder height.) Now watch me fly! (They spin one of their arms in front of them as if it were a propeller) Here are my instruments From down low to up high. (With their other arm, they reach from the ground to above their heads.) First I get revved up. (Children make engine noises while still spinning their arms.) Then I can fly, (Children raise arms to shoulder height.) Lifting off the runway (They start walking forward.) Up into the sky! (They go up on their tiptoes and continue to move forward. Let them circle awhile before returning to their original positions.)
	Airplane I press on the starter, The propeller whirls around My airplane and I Brush over the ground. I lift from the field, The motor roars out loud, Far below is the earth, Above me a bright cloud. I dip and I drop I swoop and I rise-- Oh, it's fun to be flying Way up in the skies!	The Bus There is a painted bus, With twenty painted seats, It carries painted people Along the painted streets. They pull the painted bell, The painted driver stops, And they all get out together At the little painted shops. Row, Row, Row Your Boat Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
	The Airplane The airplane has great big wings: arms outstretched Its propeller spins around and sings, "Vvvvvv!" make one arm go round The airplane goes up: lift arms The airplane goes down: lower arms The airplane flies high arms outstretched, turn body around Over the town! Train is A-Comin' (Spiritual) Train is a-comin', oh, yes Train is a-comin', oh, yes Train is a-comin', train is a-comin' Train is a-comin', oh, yes Better get your ticket, oh, yes Better get your ticket, oh, yes Better get your ticket, better get your ticket, Better get your ticket, oh, yes Room for many more, oh, yes Room for many more, oh, yes Room for many more, room for many more Room for many more, oh, yes Train is a-leavin', oh, yes Train is a-leavin', oh, yes Train is a-leavin', train is a-leavin' Train is a-leavin', oh, yes.
	Airplanes Oh, look, see our airplanes look up Away up in the sky point Watch us gliding through the air fly around the room This is how we fly.	Trains Here's a little choo-choo train Chugging down the track Now it goes forward Now it goes back Now the whistle blows Whooooo, Whooooooo! What a lot of noise it makes Everywhere it goes Chooo-chooo-chooo! The train comes running back.
	The Little Train The little train, Goes up the track. It says, "Toot, toot", And comes right back. Tugboat Chug, chug, chug, I'm a little tug. I pull a big boat, Chug, chug, chug.	Little Red Caboose Little red caboose, Chug! Chug! Chug! Little red caboose, Chug! Chug! Chug! Little red caboose, Behind the train, Train, Train, Train, Smokestack's on his back, Back, Back, Back. Comin' around the track, Track, Track, Track. Little red caboose, Behind the train. Woooooo! Woooooo!
	The Train Choo choo choo choo choo choo choo choo! Billy and Johnny, Maria and Sue, All of them watch for the train to pass through. Substitute the names of children in your group Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong ding! See the engine puffing, hear the bell ring. Click clack, click clack, click clack clack, Tell me please, will you come back?
	Engine On The Track Here is the engine on the track hold up thumb Here is the coal car, just in back pointer Here is the box car to carry freight middle Here is the mail car. Don't be late. ring Way back here at the end of the train. little Rides the caboose through the sun and rain.
	Windshield Wipers The windshield wipers on our car are busy in the rain hold hands with palms turned out and move them from side to side They swing and swing, Clup - clup - clup - clup Then back and forth again. Get A Ticket Get a ticket, ticket, ticket for the train. Get a ticket, ticket, ticket for the train. Don't stand out in the wind and rain. Get a ticket, ticket, ticket for the train. Additional verses make the following substitutions: Bus; Climb aboard, you can ride with us. Plane; Don't stand out in the wind and rain. Boat; The water's too cold to swim or float. Bike; It's way too far to walk or hike.
	The Transportation Activity Theme is in the Rainbow Resource Room Books about transportation are listed in Preschool Books Listed by Themes Search the Preschool Rainbow Or you can stop by for more activities. To the Top

Transportation Songs, Fingerplays, Poems and Rhymes