Theme: Things that fly

Age/Developmental Level: 2-3

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Ex. Dramatic

Dramatic Play

Dramatic Play

Dramatic Play

Dramatic Play

Play

Children will
flap their
arms like
birds, fast or
slow, and
walk fast to
different
areas of the
room.
Ex. Art

Children will
role play as
butterflies
landing on
flowers.

Children will
stand in front
of a giant fan
with wings
they made
from the art
table.

Children will
pretend to be
airplanes taking
off a runway.

Children will
make the sounds
and use their
hands to make
sounds and look
like a fly

Art

Art

Art

Art

Children will
trace airplane
drawings with
macaroni
noodles.

Children will
design their
own wings on
paper by
using
pictures and
pre-cut
materials

Children will
make wings
from
construction
paper, glue,
and popsicle
sticks.

Children will
decorate their
wings using
rhinestones and
feathers.

Children will
connect ropes,
strings, paper as
handles for their
wings.

Music/Movemen
t
Three Little
Men in a
Flying
Saucer

Music/Moveme
nt
Fly Away
With Me

Music/Moveme
nt
Fly, Fly
Butterfly

Music/Movement

Music/Movement

The Airplaine

Flying

The airplane has great

big wings(children
stretch out arms.)
Its propeller spins
round and sings,
Vvvvvvrrruuuummmm
m.(children move right
arms around in a
circle.)
The airplane goes up.
(they lift up their arms)
The airplane dips
down.
The airplane flies-round all of the town!
(With arms
outstretched, they turn
around twice.)

The airplane has

great big wings,
[Arms outstretched]
Its propeller spins
around and sings,
[Make one arm the
propeller]"vvvvvv"The
airplane goes up,
[Arms up]The
airplane goes down,
[Arms down]The
airplane flies high all
over town, [Arms
outstretched, fly
around the room, or
just turn in place]

Three little
men in a
flying saucer
Flew round
the earth one
day
They looked
left and right
But they
didnt like the
sight
So one man
flew away.
Two little men
in a flying

If I could fly, I
would fly so
high
Up into the
bright blue
sky
I'd ride on
rainbows and
float with the
clouds
And give the
sun a kiss
If I had wings
like a
beautiful bird
I'd soar
through the

Fly, fly, fly

the butterfly,
In
the
meadow
is
flying high
In the garden
is flying low
Fly, fly, fly
the butterfly.
(children flap
their arms
like
butterflies
and walk
around the
room.)

saucer
Flew round
the earth one
day
They looked
left and right
But they
didnt like the
sight
So one man
flew away.
One little men
in a flying
saucer
Flew round
the earth one
day
They looked
left and right
But they
didnt like the
sight
So one man
flew away.

air with the

greatest of
flair
I'd see all the
mountains
and trees
from above
And the big
blue sea.

Science,
Technology or
Math

Science,
Technology
or Math

Science,
Technology
or Math

Science,
Technology or
Math

Science,
Technology or
Math

Children will
use the
materials
given to
determine
which object
drops to the
floor faster.
Materials
include a
plastic bag,
feathers,
paper, and
balloon.
Literacy/Libr
ary

Children will
dip paper
into water to
make paper
mache
wings .

Children will
follow
directions on
how to make
a paper
airplane.

Children will test

various objects
such as rocks,
pencils, and
crayons to see if
they can fly on a
paper airplane

Children will test

cause and effect
with their wings
against the wind
of a fan.

Literacy/Librar
y

Literacy/Librar
y

Literacy/Library

Literacy/Library

My First
Airplane
Ride
By Patricia
Hubbell

Fly Away
Home
By Eve
Bunting,
Ronald
Himler

Flight Flies
By Ana Marija
Toman

Can Caterpillars
Fly?
By Dana Parsons

Are You a
Butterfly?
By Judy Allen
and Tudor
Humphries