Wee Steamers: Yvette’s Jet
Look! Up in the sky! Is a plane or a bird? “Yvette’s Jet,” a playful STEAM poetry video, serves as a poetic springboard to discussions about flight and aviation— perfect for little learners who love airplanes!
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CATEGORY:Science |
GRADE LEVEL:Early Childhood |
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Come Fly With Me!
Children learn and develop through creative activities like drama, craft, music and dance. Encourage them to act out the following airplane movements in sequence. Zoom, zoom, zoom!
- starting motor
- taking off
- flying
- arriving
- landing safely
Source: "Creative Movement Interpretation: Airplane Sequence." Mayesky, Mary. Creative Activities and Curriculum for Young Children. (2015) 11th Edition. 
Happy Landings!
With masking tape, create an airplane landing strip on an appropriate floor surface and encourage children to toss paper airplanes onto the strip. As children gain experience, show them how to keep score. How fun is that?! Source: https://meaningfulmama.com/paper-plane-tape-landing-strip.html 
Flight School
Use yarn to suspend 2-3 hula hoops from appropriate spots at varied heights. Encourage children to toss paper airplanes through the hoops. As children gain experience, assign points to more challenging heights and show them how to keep score. Ready. Set. Aim! Source: http://ptskjohnson.blogspot.com/2012/03/flight-schoolwith-paper-airplanes-and.html 
Planes and Hangars
This easy-to-make cardboard airfield and airplane hangers will provide children hours of creative fun. You'll need cardboard, oatmeal container, paper towel rolls, glue and marker. Add toy airplanes and helicopters to make their pretend play complete! Mix in a mini math lesson by numbering the hangers from 1-4. Encourage children to place the appropriate number of toy airplanes inside each hangar. Source: http://kitchenfloorcrafts.blogspot.com/2015/05/cardboard-airfield.html 
Just Plain Fun!
Learning how to make a paper airplane is a great way for children to learn about shapes and symmetry, while also developing fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Follow the instructions in this video tutorial to make a variety of models. Source: http://www.10paperairplanes.com/ 
CRAFT:
Banana Boeing 747 Fruit Snack
Make this fun-and-fruity snack with your little airplane lovers. Yum! Click CRAFT tab to download recipe PDF.
