Transport Poems for children
Children's poems about Transport
Anyone who works with or has young children will enjoy this page. Here you will find poems suitable for children based on the theme of transport. The poems have lots of rhyming patterns in them making them suitable to share or suitable for ther children to read independently.
Boys will especially enjoy these so go ahead and start getting the boys into reading!
Enjoy!
Planes, trains & automobiles ...
... and a few boats!
TRAINS!!
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!
THE TRAIN
Tickerty-tack
Over the track
Far, far away
Puffing all day
Tickerty-too
Hurry up do!
Trains cannot wait
Must not be late
Tickerty-tock
Nickerty-nock
Speeding along
Singing this song
Tickerty-tackerty
Nickerty-nackerty
Tickerty-tackerty
Tock!
DOWN AT THE STATION
Down at the station
Early in the morning
See the little engines
All in a row -
The man inside the engine
Turns a little handle
Poop-poop, choof-choof
Off we go!
HEAR THE ENGINE
Hear the engine puff
Hear if puff, hear it puff
Hear the engine puff
Choo-choo, choo-choo
Hear the big bell ring
Hear it ring, hear it ring
Hear the big bell ring
Ding-dong, ding-dong
Hear the whistle blow
Hear it blow, hear it blow
Hear the whistle blow
Toot-toot, toot-toot
Hear the engine man shout
Hear his shout, hear his shout
Hear the engine-man shout
All aboard! All aboard!
FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And here is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart runaway in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill, and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone forever!
R L Stevenson
SONG OF THE TRAIN
Clickety-clack,
Wheels on the track,
This is the way
They begin the attack:
Click-ety-clack,
Click-ety-clack,
Click-ety, clack-ety,
Click-ety
Clack.
Clickety-clack,
Over the crack,
Faster and faster
The song of the track:
Clickety-clack,
Clickety-clack,
Clickety, clackety,
Clackety.
Clack.
Riding in front,
Riding in back,
Everyone hears
The song of the track:
Clickety-clack,
Clickety-clack,
Clickety, Clickety,
Clackety
CLACK!!!
PLANES
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!
AEROPLANES
Aeroplanes, aeroplanes, all in a row
Aeroplanes, aeroplanes, ready to go
Hark, they're beginning to buzz and to hum
Bzzzzzzzzz!
Engines all working so come along
Now they are flying high up in the sky
Higher and higher and ever so high!
GIANT JUMBO JET
One giant jumbo jet,
Ready for the flight.
One giant jumbo jet,
Doors closed tight.
The engines start a-roaring,
Everything is fine;
Start down the runway
Following a line.
The wings are all a-silver,
The jets are all a-glow.
Pull back the joystick
And up we go.
Little silver airplane
Up in the sky,
Where are you going to
Flying so high?
Over the mountains
Over the sea
Little silver airplane
Please take me.
I'M A YELLOW HELICOPTER
I'm a yellow helicopter
Sitting on the ground.
These are my rotor-blades
Slowly turning round.
Faster now, and faster...
They're spinning like a top.
Take off...
Turn around
Touch down...
Stop.
CARS
DAD'S OLD CAR
Rattle, hum, hiss, bang,
This car has got to go!
It really is quite sick,
It huffs and puffs and blows!
Crackle, whizz, cough, wheeze,
I think it's going to stop!
We've just gone round a corner
And the engine fell right off!
Twinkle twinkle chocolate bar,
My daddy drives a rusty car,
Push the starter, and pull the choke,
And off we go in a cloud of smoke,
Twinkle twinkle chocolate bar,
My daddy drives a rusty car.
BOATS
WHERE GO THE BOATS?
Dark brown is the river,
Golden is the sand.
It flows along for ever,
With trees on either hand.
Green leaves a-floating,
Castles of the foam,
Boats of mine a-boating-
Where will all come home?
On goes the river
And out past the mill,
Away down the valley,
Away down the hill.
Away down the river,
A hundred miles or more,
Other little children
Shall bring my boats ashore
R L Stevenson
Ferry Me Across the Water
~Christina Rossetti
"Ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do."
"If you've a penny in your purse
I'll ferry you."
"I have a penny in my purse,
And my eyes are blue;
So ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do."
"Step into my ferry-boat,
Be they black or blue,
And for the penny in your purse
I'll ferry you."
Sailing
I see a ship a-sailing, sailing, sailing,
I see a ship a-sailing, sailing out to sea;
The captain at the railing, railing, railing,
The captain at the railing waves his hand to me.
I see a ship a-rolling, rolling, rolling,
I see a ship a-rolling, rolling home from sea;
I hear its bell a-tolling, tolling, tolling,
I hear its bell a-tolling, coming back to me.
Ferryboats
Over the river,
Over the bay,
Ferryboats travel
Every day.
Most of the people
Crowd to the side
Just to enjoy
Their ferryboat ride.
Watching the seagulls,
Laughing with friends,
I'm always sorry
When the ride ends.
I Sailed on Half a Ship
I sailed on half a ship
on half the seven seas,
propelled by half a sail
that blew in half a breeze.
I climbed on half a mast
and sighted half a whale
that rose on half a mighty wave
and flourished half a tail.
Each day, with half a hook
and half a rod and reel,
I landed half a fish
that served as half a meal.
I ate off half a plate,
I drank from half a glass,
then mopped up half the starboard deck
and polished half the brass.
When half a year had passed,
as told by half a clock,
I entered half a port
and berthed at half a dock.
Since half my aunts were there
and half my uncles too,
I told them half this half-baked tale
that's half entirely true.
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Anita on November 15, 2014:
Inspired by your poems, my 6 year old son wrote his own transport poem . Thank you!
BlogsWriter on May 01, 2013:
Love these transportation poems for kids. Very enjoyable.
cornelus on July 22, 2012:
Great poems.. i like them. My little angel likes them too..Keep it like that girl, and success with your $$
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