Preschool-level Poems

Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble.
Jack be quick.
Jack jump over the candlestick!

The Apple Tree
Way up the apple tree,
Two little apples smiled at me.
So I shook that tree
as hard as I could!
Down came the apples
Mmmm, mmmm, good!

Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away!

Jack Frost
Jack Frost is a fairy small.
I’m sure he is out today.
He nipped my nose,
And pinched my toes
When I went out to play.

Bones
by Ferne Connor
Bones in my fingers,
Bones in my toes,
Not in my ears,
And not in my nose.
Bones in my hands,
Bones in my feet,
Bones in my legs
Help me run down the street.

Dinosaur Stomp
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
Dinosaurs romp.
Zap! Zap! Zap!
Dinosaurs flap.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Dinosaurs zoom.
Please no more!
Dinosaurs snore.

The Tale of a Tail
I had a little pig.
I fed him in a trough.
He got so fat
His tail dropped off.
So I got me a hammer
And I got me a nail
And I made my little pig
a brand-new tail.

Mouse in the House
There’s a mouse in the house
I know it is there
When it shuffles about
It gives me a scare
I really can’t stand it
It gives me a fright
When it scampers about
In the darkness of night.

The Wind

No matter if there’s rain or sun
The wind can come to have some fun
It sometimes changes to a breeze
Or blows so hard it makes you sneeze

It blows my kite and swirls around
And makes the leaves come tumbling down
It spreads the seed of all the flowers
And huffs and puffs for hours and hours

Night Night
by CJ Heck

Night night moon,
night night stars,
night night noisy
trucks and cars.

Night night sand box,
night night toys,
night night other
girls and boys.

Night night Mom,
night night Dad,
night night Boogie Man
who’s not bad.

It’s time to go to sleep now,
most all my night nights said.
Night night blankie,
night night bed.

A Number Poem

ONE is a line all alone like a ladder.
TWO is the long curvy neck of a swan.
THREE is a rabbit whose ears lie down sleeping.
FOUR is a cat with a tail very long.
FIVE is a diving board over the swimming pool.
SIX is a ringlet, a very round curl.
SEVEN is a jet zooming back in for landing.
EIGHT is balloons and together they twirl.
NINE is a flower — see how tall it can grow.
TEN is so many it starts a new row.