Best Transportation Toys for Children Who like to Go Go Go

Learning about transportation is a childhood rite of passage. Media and products for children are big on teaching kids about airplanes, boats, cars, construction vehicles, trains, trucks and any other vehicles that transports humans, animals, or materials from one place to another.

This holiday gift guide is your ticket to the best transportation-themed toys for kids.

Emergency Rescue Team Vehicle: Helicopter by Tonka. Retail price: $7.
Kids will enjoy playing with the Emergency Rescue Team Vehicle: Helicopter or any other vehicles from Tonka's Emergency Rescue Team line, including the ambulance and sanitation truck. Recommended for ages 3 years to 6 years. Tonka also makes a Lights and Sound Rescue Helicopter, Lights and Sound Rescue Ambulance and the Lights and Sound Rescue Fire Engine with Ladder. Retail price: $16.99/each.
Recomended for ages 3 years to 7 years.

iPlay Little Roadster by International Playthings. Retail price:
Children will have fun driving with this blue steering wheel, complete with a display of the road. A bevy of lights and sounds will keep your child amused, in or out of the car. Recommended age: 12 months and up.

GeoTrax Rail & Road System Coastal Winds Airport by Fisher-Price. Retail price: $25.
The GeoTrax Rail & Road System Coastal Winds Airport will provide hours of transportation fun. The playset comes with a control power, beacon lights, , landing strip, airplane, windsock, sign and two cargo crates. The GeoTrax Rail & Road System Coastal Winds Airport is compatible with other GeoTrax playsets.
Recomended for ages 2 1/2 years & up.

Learning Connections Train LeapFrog. by Retail price: $24.99.
The Learning Connections Train is easy for infants and toddlers to connect, using the train's magnets. The five colorful and chunky train cars are numbered, and contain that number of objects. Infants and toddlers are also introduced to animal names and animal sounds, colors, music and numbers. Recommended for ages 9 months to two years.

Lil Movers Neighborhood Vehicle - Dump Truck by Little People (Fisher-Price). Retail price: $10.
The Lil Movers Neighborhood Vehicle - Dump Truck is an expensive option for kids who like construction trucks. If your child enjoys playing with the Lil Movers vehicles, also consider the Little People Lil' Movers SUV, Little People Lil' Movers, Fire Truck or the Little People Lil' Movers School Bus. Recommended for ages 1 to 5 Years.

Little People Lil' Movers Airplane by Fisher-Price. Retail price: $17.00.
Fun takes off with the Little People Lil' Movers Airplane. Parents install the 3 "AA" batteries and kids can load the passengers and the pilot onto the plane. Songs, lights and words help teach children about the concepts of high and low. The Little People Lil' Movers Airplane comes complete with three Little People. Recommended for ages: 18 months to 5 years.

Motorcycle Hauler by Little Tikes. Retial $14.99.
A big and bold blue truck brings motorcycles wherever your child's imagination goes. Recomended for ages: 3 years and up.

Thomas & Friends Thomas' Load and Carry Train Set by Lego. Retail price: $29.99.
This Lego Duplo Play Set comes with 61 pieces, including 16 pieces of track for the train, and everyone's favorite blue engine, Thomas. Set up a cargo tower and slide for dropping cargo into the train. Recomended for ages: 2 years to 5 years.

Tiny 'n Tuff Fast Tracks Race Set by Mega Bloks. Retail price: $29.99.
Build your own roadways with the maxi blocks and then race the vehicles. Recommended for ages: 2 years to 6 years.

Put play time into drive with transportation-themed toys like emergency vehicles, steering wheels, trains, planes and automobiles.