COLOURING PAGES:
You can find many free colouring pages online by using your favourite search engine or print out my Airplanes Colouring Page.
More FUN
Take your paper airplanes outside to see how far they can go.
Fly a kite.
Cloud gaze and count the airplanes that you see.
Find an Aviation Museum near you and spend the day as family exploring.
Attend an air show and enjoy the amazing sights in the sky.
Go to the airport : You can plan this theme day to coincide with a family trip on an airplane or when you have to pick up someone from the airport.
Q: Why did the boy throw the clock out the window.
A: He wanted to see time fly.
JOKES
AUDIO VISUAL:
Search through your child’s DVD/ video collection (or visit your local library before hand) to find your child’s favourite shows about airplanes:
conservation etc.
For young children try this title:
· Any episode of Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Older kids might enjoy this:
· Bill Nye the Science Guy: Flight
WORD SEARCH PUZZLES:
Q: What’s red, flies in the sky and jiggly?
A: A jelly-copter
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES:
Q: Why did the teacher take her class on an airplane?
A: Because she wanted to give them a higher education.
PACKING FOR AN AIRPLANE VACATION:
If you are going on a family vacation via airplane work together as a family to pack.
· For the main luggage have your child write a list of all the items he/she will need for the trip (you can add anything forgotten to the list).
· For carry on, provide your child with a backpack that he/she can look after and work together to fill it with activities to occupy the flight time. Go to a dollar store or craft store for extra surprises.
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FIELD TRIPS
Airplanes
Q: What do pilots say to start a race?
A: “Ready, Jet, Go!”