Things That Fly

Week #10's theme was things that fly: birds, planes, rocketships, balloons, and on, and on, and on. 

Books:

Toddler Books:

Hello, Airplane! - Bill Cotter

Flying - Donald Crews

Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Book - Will Hillenbrand 

Preschool Books:

Hello, Airplane! - Bill Cotter

Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Book - Will Hillenbrand 

Sally's Great Balloon Adventure - Stephen Huneck

Flight 1-2-3 - Maria van Lieshout

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Five Little Airplanes (Flannel):

Five little airplanes in the sky, 

Flying through the clouds way up high,

One little airplane, too tired to soar,

Landed on the ground and then there were four.

Four little airplanes in the sky, 

Flying through the clouds way up high,

One little airplane flew too close to a tree,

He got scared and then there were three.

Three little airplanes in the sky, 

Flying through the clouds way up high,

One little airplane went to Timbuktu,

He got lost and then there were two.

Two little airplanes in the sky, 

Flying through the clouds way up high,

One little airplane tried to fly to the sun,

He got too hot and then there was one.

One little airplanes in the sky, 

Flying through the clouds way up high,

He got so lonely, since no one was around,

And joined his friends who were down on the ground.

Source: My flannel drawer/Library 

*We already had a flannel created with this script

Helicopter:

Helicopter goes UP

Helicopter goes DOWN

Helicopter TURNS, turns all around

Helicopter goes LEFT

Helicopter goes RIGHT

Helicopter goes UP, up up, and out of sight (hands behind back)

Source: Sunflower Storytime

Song: The Airplane Song by Laurie Berkner Band

In this upbeat song by Laurie Berkner Band, you get in your airplane and take off. When you get off at each location, you do a different activity: gallop, jump, spin, and dance. The kids loved all of the actions!

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom:

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon.

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon.

If you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocket ship.

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon.

In 5...4...3...2...1...BLAST OFF!

Source: Jbrary

*We did this for the Night Sky theme, but it was such a hit that I used it again. We usually do it twice in the same storytime, and the kids LOVE blasting off.