Rhymes and songs about transport
Babies and toddlers like playing with various kinds of transport. Starting for 5 months the most exciting thing for my son on our walks was vehicles. Later almost all our toys and games were somehow connected to transport. So from an early age, I accompanied our walk and games with fingerplays and songs. In this post, I want to share our favorites. They are suitable for any age.
Car ride
This is the way the car goes, (Bouncing on the parent’s lap)
bumpity, bumpity, bump.
This is the way the car goes,
Bumpity, bumpity, bump,
Oh, oh, there’s a whole in the road,
Bumpity, bumpity, BUMP! (Child falls between parent’s knees)
Source: Favourite songs and fingerplays by INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
Car Song
I’ve got a little piece of tin (Outline box shape)
Nobody knows what shape it’s in (Shake no with finger)
It’s got four wheels and a running board (4 fingers, run fingers)
It’s a Ford, oh, it’s a Ford (Steering car)
Honk, Honk, Rattle, Rattle, Crash, Beep, Beep.
Honk, Honk, Rattle, Rattle, Crash, Beep, Beep.
Honk, Honk, Rattle, Rattle, Crash, Beep, Beep.
Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk
Beep! Beep!
Source: Favourite songs and fingerplays by INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
Hurry Hurry Drive the Fire Truck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck (Driving motions)
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck (Driving motions)
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck (Driving motions)
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding (Wave on finger like a bell)
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder (3x) (Climbing motions)
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding (Wave on finger like a bell)
Hurry, hurry, squirt the water (3x) (Squirting motions)
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding (Wave on finger like a bell)
Source: Favourite songs and fingerplays by INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
Airplanes
Airplanes fly in the sky
zoom, zoom
round and round the clouds, they go
Flying High, Flying Low
Shh, Shh, I think I hear one
Watch out, Zoom
Source: Favourite songs and fingerplays by INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
Push-pull (by Rob Morrow)
I push my truck-
Away it goes.
I pull my truck-
Look out, toes!
Source: Kay Chorao The baby’s playtime book
Smooth Road (Lapsit rhyme)
Smooth road (4 times)
Bumpy road (4 times)
Rough road (4 times)
POTHOLE!
Source: Wiggles, tickles, and rhymes.
This Little Train
(Make a train with a fist and go up and down child’s arm)
This little train
Went up the track
It went “toot toot”
And then it came back.
Source: Wiggles, tickles, and rhymes.
