Books
The Little Airplane (Lois Lenski Books) by Lois Lenski
DK Big Book of Airplanes by Caroline Bingham
Song:
WE ARE FLYING
Tune: "Frere Jacques"
We are flying, we are flying
Up so high, up so high.
See the fluffy white clouds,
See the sparkly sunshine
In the sky, in the sky.
We are flying, we are flying
Round and round, round and round.
See the tiny houses,
See the tiny people
On the ground, on the ground.
| Elizabeth Scofield |
Have your children "fly" around the room as you name things that can fly and things that can't fly, such as planes, butterflies, birds, boats, houses, and dogs. Whenever the children hear the name of something that can't fly, have them slow down and gently "land" on the ground. Continue as long as you wish.
Activities:
Coloring Pages
Tongue Depressor Airplanes
Staple two craft sticks together to form a "t". Have children use craft scraps to decorate the tongue depressor airplanes.
Airplane Art©
Poetry Play For Preschoolers
By Kimberly M. Hutmacher
Zigging, zagging
Way up high
Painting pictures
In the sky!
Read the story "It Looked Like Split Milk." Print the poem "Airplane Art" by Kimberly M. Hutmacher. After reading the poem have the children complete the illustration for the poem.
Airplane Mobile: decorate several paper airplanes and hang them with string. Make into a mobile.
FINGERPRINT AIRPLANE BOOKS
Set out washable inkpads. Give each of your children five small index cards numbered from 1 to 5. Invite the children to stamp matching numbers of fingerprints on their cards for airplane bodies and add wings with crayons. When they have finished, help them stack their cards in numerical order and staple them together to make counting books.
AIRPLANE PICTURES
Give each of your children a small airplane shape cut from any color of paper to decorate as desired. Invite them to glue their planes onto pieces of blue paper. To complete their pictures, let them glue wisps of cotton on their papers for clouds.
PRETEND FLIGHTS
Line up chairs to make an "airplane cabin." Invite your children to sit in the cabin while you "pilot" the plane. As you do so, talk about the sights the passengers can see out the windows. When your flight is over, let the children take turns being the pilot and describing the views.
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